McGinn

English

Etymology

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Finn (“son of Fionn”), a byname from fionn (“white”).

Proper noun

McGinn (plural McGinns)

1. A surname from Irish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, McGinn is the 5807^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 5955 individuals. McGinn is most common among White (95.82%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “McGinn”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 553.