Mcnamara is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 8 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Mcnamara
No. of characters: 8
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Mcnamara

How popular is Mcnamara?

Mcnamara is common in United States.

Mcnamara is ranked 7989 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Mcnamara bearers increased by 2.463701 per cent in 2010 US census to 26534 since 2000, the surname slipped by 84 spots and ranked at 1329. The last name was found in around 90 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 95.17 96.65
Hispanic or Latino 2.22 1.24
Others 1.22 1.08
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.7 0.42
Black 0.4 0.38
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.28 0.23
Mcnamara is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Norfolk Island is ahead in terms of density. Around 67646 people have been found who wears Mcnamara as their family name. Mcnamara is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
5,868 Japan10
4,742 China9
567,967 Indonesia6
946 Papua New Guinea5
2,011 South Korea4
177 Norfolk Island3
127,708 Czech Republic3
16,605 Austria3
13,901 Trinidad and Tobago3
4,164 Vietnam2
13,552 Qatar2
1,313 United States Virgin Islands2
18,718 Thailand2
3,014 Taiwan2
33,202 Saudi Arabia2
14,521 Portugal2
54,135 Philippines2
1,389 Barbados2
6,103 Cyprus2
35,969 Denmark2
19,093 Finland2
1,118 Isle of Man2
900 Laos2
18,035 Egypt2
28,232 Morocco2
2,309 Monaco1
2,024 Mongolia1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
47,891 Norway1
36,814 Romania1
799 British Virgin Islands1
2,374 Bermuda1
9,591 Panama1
120,357 Argentina1
408 Åland1
7,191 Afghanistan1
101,414 Kyrgyzstan1
12,741 Ecuador1
165,773 Belarus1
1,572 Macau1
12,270 Lebanon1
49,529 Israel1
2,613 The Bahamas1
492,292 Ukraine1
3,586 Honduras1
17,236 Ghana1
573 Vanuatu1
821 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1
3,350 Fiji1
11,486 Estonia1
53,505 Turkey1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
43,662 Belgium30
21,901 Chile27
62,494 Netherlands22
813 Jersey22
377,825 Russia17
477,287 India16
1,286 Malta16
70,910 Zimbabwe11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
3,743 Singapore89
10,581 Sweden87
494 Saint Lucia62
38,452 Spain57
Countries with hundreds of Mcnamara:
969 Scotland847
19,380 Germany538
805 Wales474
870 Northern Ireland370
37,175 France269
14,944 Mexico262
1,470 Hong Kong166
2,148 Namibia163
64,630 Brazil143
7,063 United Arab Emirates138
53,156 Italy134
13,194 Malaysia126
9,314 Switzerland126
Countries with thousands of Mcnamara:
281 Australia9,600
1,027 England7,410
119 Ireland5,967
1,535 Canada3,363
3,008 South Africa2,155
655 New Zealand1,020
Countries with ten thousands of Mcnamara:
1,134 United States33,815
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Workman Patk. Mcnamara from May0, Ireland aboard the Eliazbeth from Liverpool during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 23 years old when he arrived in Pottsfield on May 16, 1846. Michael Mcnamara, aged 25, 20 years old Bridget Mcnamara, Patt. Mcnamara, aged 26, Mrs Mcnamara, Workman Patk. Mcnamara, 22 years old Thomas Mcnamara, 20 years old Margaret Mcnamara, 18 years old John Mcnamara, and 857 other Mcnamara around 59.87% of whom were workman while others worked as spinster and farmer, carpenter, dressmaker, mechanic, servant, shoemaker, blacksmith, bonnet maker/ hatter migrated to US.

Mcnamara Namesakes

  • Abby McNamara, Film actress
  • Alfie McNamara, Actor
  • John McNamara, Writer
  • John McNamara, Writer
  • Frank McNamara, Armed force officer
  • Arjan McNamara, Musical Artist
  • Arjen McNamara, Musical Artist
  • Bedelia McNamara Burke, Walter Burke's mother
  • Bernadette McNamara, Author
  • Bertha McNamara, Writer
  • In 2017 animation flick, Easter Bunny Adventure, William Mcnamara played N.
  • Leah McNamara portrayed the leading character of Chantal in 2018 comedy, romance film Metal Heart.
  • In 2012 action movie, First Kill, Katherine McNamara played Lisa Miller.
  • Adam McNamara played leading character of Sergeant in 0 action and thriller film Sentry.
  • Rowan McNamara, from 2009 drama, romance movie Samson and Delilah, who played Samson.
  • In 2018, Kevin McNamara played the role of Jake Peters in thriller movie A Night to Regret.
  • In 2012 documentary flick, ZON North Canyon Show 2011: Nazare Calling, Garrett McNamara played N.

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