How common is the surname McCabe?

30,401 people in the United States had the surname McCabe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 10,156 Americans. It ranked 1,154th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname McCabe?

In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named McCabe identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named McCabe?

Frank McCabe, American basketball player (1927–2021), followed by Arthur McCabe.

Where is the surname McCabe most common?

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

How do you pronounce McCabe?

McCabe is /məˈkeɪb/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname McCabe getting more or less common?

More common. 29,523 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 30,401 in 2010, up 3.0%.

The surname McCabe

An Irish surname, carried by 30,401 people in the United States.

Pronounced /məˈkeɪb/ 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). McCabe is more common than 99.3% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

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

One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 30,401 people named McCabe in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 10,156 Americans. That is up 3.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 29,523.

#1,154

rank among US surnames

30,401

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+3%

change since 2000 (was #1,083)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,145	Emerson	30,702	10,056
#1,147	Muniz	30,695	10,058
#1,148	Alston	30,693	10,059
#1,149	Maloney	30,671	10,066
#1,150	Childers	30,570	10,100
#1,151	McDermott	30,528	10,114
#1,152	Moser	30,483	10,128

Who is named McCabe

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

91% of people named McCabe identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.4% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous McCabes

8 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Frank McCabe
American basketball player (1927–2021)
Arthur McCabe
Australian rugby union and rugby league footballer (1887–1924)
Travis McCabe
American bicycle racer, born 1989
Jake McCabe
American ice hockey player, born 1993
Richard McCabe
British actor, born 1960
Pat McCabe
Australian rugby union player, born 1988
Andrew McCabe
Australian athletics competitor, born 1990
Stan McCabe
Australian cricketer (1910-1968)

Notable McCabes come mostly from Australia (4), the United States (3) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like McCabe

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

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname McCabe come from?: A common spelling variant of MacCabe, anglicized form of Irish Mac Cába.
How common is the surname McCabe?: 30,401 people in the United States had the surname McCabe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 10,156 Americans. It ranked 1,154th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname McCabe?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named McCabe identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named McCabe?: Frank McCabe, American basketball player (1927–2021), followed by Arthur McCabe.
Where is the surname McCabe most common?: Wikidata records people named McCabe in Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom.
How do you pronounce McCabe?: McCabe is /məˈkeɪb/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname McCabe getting more or less common?: More common. 29,523 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 30,401 in 2010, up 3.0%.