McGruder

English

Alternative forms

• Magruder

Etymology

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Grudaire (“son of the brewer”), from grudaire (“brewer”).

Proper noun

McGruder (plural McGruders)

1. A surname from Scottish Gaelic.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, McGruder is the 9446^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3444 individuals. McGruder is most common among Black/African American (76.16%) and White (17.83%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “McGruder”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 555.