McGovern

McGovern is the 2,164th most common surname in the United States, shared by 16,354 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 18,300.

By the numbers

People: 16,354
Rank: 2,164th
How common: 1 in 18,300
Per 100,000: 5.5

Where the name comes from

Origin Irish, Scottish Gaelic

Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Samhradháin (“son of Samhradhán”), diminutive of samhradh (“summer”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Who bears the name

How people with the surname McGovern described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 92.8%
Hispanic or Latino 3.3%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 2.4%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.8%
Black, not Hispanic 0.5%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.2%

Notable people called McGovern

George McGovern (1922–2012)American historian and politician
Elizabeth McGovern (born 1961)American actress
Michael McGovern (born 1984)Northern Irish footballer
Jim McGovern (born 1959)United States Representative from Massachusetts
Maureen McGovern (born 1949)American recording artist; actress and singer
John McGovern (born 1949)Scottish association football player and manager
Terry McGovern (born 1942)American actor

People named McGovern with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like McGovern

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Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.