McGuire Surname

5,422nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 104,492 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Scotland

McGuire Surname Definition:

(Celtic) Son of the Pale-Complexioned [Irish Mac Uidhir -mac, son + uidhir, genit. of odhar, pale, sallow] Cp. Hoare 2.

McGuire Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States86,3631:4,197463
England7,4131:7,5161,094
Canada6,1381:6,003867
Australia4,8401:5,578810
Scotland4,7901:1,118182
Ireland2,6891:1,751344
New Zealand7091:6,3871,070
South Africa4281:126,58314,892
Wales3031:10,2131,132
Northern Ireland2821:6,5431,180
Saudi Arabia2391:129,10417,726
Japan831:1,540,29324,672
Germany771:1,045,52570,954
Thailand681:1,038,799157,648
Trinidad and Tobago661:20,6662,393
Grenada611:1,779312
Peru561:567,57414,999
Dominican Republic541:193,2027,170
Spain531:882,11434,832
Singapore471:117,1854,783
France451:1,476,060142,161
Netherlands421:402,07642,431
Argentina401:1,068,58565,578
Philippines401:2,530,956131,537
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines301:3,755523
Denmark271:209,06416,975
Austria231:370,23639,193
Jamaica231:124,7804,616
Malaysia231:1,282,35854,976
Brazil211:10,194,016213,214
Luxembourg201:29,0275,175
Sweden171:579,22142,433
Chile161:1,101,03021,213
Belgium151:766,44363,354
Jersey151:6,6131,336
Switzerland151:547,52838,365
India131:59,005,029552,550
Mexico131:9,548,17038,962
American Samoa111:5,0691,123
Barbados101:28,7451,389
Isle of Man101:8,5821,778
Norway101:514,22941,629
Russia101:14,412,306394,810
United States Virgin Islands91:12,2641,665
Nicaragua81:752,6364,372
Nigeria81:22,142,845310,552
Hong Kong71:1,047,9264,985
Panama71:558,8949,437
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Zimbabwe61:2,573,040106,478
Bermuda51:13,0561,849
China51:273,464,31313,838
Greece51:2,215,95891,893
Italy51:12,231,338126,430
Puerto Rico51:710,0284,074
Turkey51:15,564,284149,633
Czechia41:2,658,367127,801
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
South Korea41:12,810,0642,073
Sri Lanka41:5,202,14012,146
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Colombia31:15,924,69128,711
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Israel31:2,852,545113,505
Venezuela31:10,068,02660,591
Brunei21:209,3663,098
Croatia21:2,114,30285,143
Oman21:1,843,9869,590
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Ukraine21:22,761,348425,733
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
Guyana11:762,22114,420
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Macau11:601,6301,582
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
Malta11:430,2723,380
Micronesia11:106,2431,380
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Saint Kitts and Nevis11:55,1991,294
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Vanuatu11:263,2762,086
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Wallis and Futuna11:13,610185
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland3,5571:1,245237
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland3,1091:1,204210
England2,3161:10,5251,604
Wales541:29,0451,617
Isle of Man31:18,0901,402
Jersey11:51,8823,898
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States18,6871:2,687293

McGuire (154) may also be a first name.

McGuire Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Celtic) Son of the Pale-Complexioned [Irish Mac Uidhir -mac, son + uidhir, genit. of odhar, pale, sallow] Cp. Hoare 2.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(Irish) The son of a pale or light-complexioned man.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

The son of Guaire or Godfrey. Guaíre was a son of Alpin, King of Scotland.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

McGuire Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name McGuire Come From? nationality or country of origin

McGuire is most common in The United States. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name McGuire? popularity and diffusion

McGuire is the 5,422nd most numerous surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 69,743 people. The last name McGuire is predominantly found in The Americas, where 89 percent of McGuire are found; 88 percent are found in North America and 88 percent are found in Anglo-North America. McGuire is also the 740,891st most frequently used first name internationally It is held by 154 people.

It is most widespread in The United States, where it is carried by 86,363 people, or 1 in 4,197. In The United States it is most numerous in: California, where 9 percent live, Texas, where 7 percent live and New York, where 6 percent live. Besides The United States this last name exists in 104 countries. It is also common in England, where 7 percent live and Canada, where 6 percent live.

McGuire Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of McGuire has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 462 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 320 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 154 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it declined 24 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Wales it increased 561 percent between 1881 and 2014.

McGuire Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is predominantly Catholic (96%) in Ireland.

In The United States McGuire are 12.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 59% registered with the political party.

The amount McGuire earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 44.97% more than the national average, earning 501,727 kr per year; in Peru they earn 53.7% less than the national average, earning S/. 8,975 per year; in South Africa they earn 27.96% more than the national average, earning R 304,080 per year; in United States they earn 2.16% more than the national average, earning $44,082 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.86% more than the national average, earning $53,092 CAD per year.

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McGuire Reference & Research

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Footnotes

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