# McCabe (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/mccabe/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Irish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Irish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 30,401 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,154 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 10,156 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.0% (29,523 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /məˈkeɪb/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

A common spelling variant of MacCabe, anglicized form of Irish Mac Cába.

## Who carries it

Share of people named McCabe in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 91% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 2.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named McCabe in Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named McCabe

- Frank McCabe, American basketball player (1927–2021)
- Arthur McCabe, Australian rugby union and rugby league footballer (1887–1924)
- Travis McCabe, American bicycle racer
- Jake McCabe, American ice hockey player
- Richard McCabe, British actor
- Pat McCabe, Australian rugby union player
- Andrew McCabe, Australian athletics competitor
- Stan McCabe, Australian cricketer (1910-1968)

## Similar surnames

McAfee, McBee, McAbee, McVey, McVay, Mosby, McEvoy, McAvoy, McPhee, McFee, McGuffey, Macphee.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.