How common is the surname McBee?

7,011 people in the United States had the surname McBee in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 44,037 Americans. It ranked 5,011th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname McBee getting more or less common?

Less common. 7,105 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,011 in 2010, down 1.3%.

The surname McBee

A surname, carried by 7,011 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M210

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McBee is more common than 96.9% of them.

Origin

Variant of McBeth.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,011 people named McBee in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 44,037 Americans. That is down 1.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,105.

#5,011

rank among US surnames

7,011

people in 2010

2.4

per 100,000 Americans

-1.3%

change since 2000 (was #4,578)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,002	Spitzer	7,027	43,937
#5,003	Penaloza	7,026	43,943
#5,004	Veliz	7,024	43,956
#5,005	Glaze	7,022	43,968
#5,006	Tarr	7,021	43,975
#5,007	Butt	7,020	43,981
#5,009	Carrasquillo	7,015	44,012

Who is named McBee

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

83% of people named McBee identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 83%
Black (not Hispanic) 11%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 2.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like McBee

McBee has the Soundex code M210, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M210.

Questions

Where does the surname McBee come from?: Variant of McBeth.
How common is the surname McBee?: 7,011 people in the United States had the surname McBee in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 44,037 Americans. It ranked 5,011th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname McBee?: In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named McBee identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname McBee getting more or less common?: Less common. 7,105 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,011 in 2010, down 1.3%.