How common is the surname McCain?

19,032 people in the United States had the surname McCain in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 16,222 Americans. It ranked 1,888th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named McCain?

John McCain, American politician (1936–2018), followed by Cindy McCain.

Where is the surname McCain most common?

Wikidata records people named McCain in the United States.

How do you pronounce McCain?

McCain is /məˈkeɪn/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname McCain getting more or less common?

More common. 17,933 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 19,032 in 2010, up 6.1%.

The surname McCain

An Irish surname, carried by 19,032 people in the United States.

Pronounced /məˈkeɪn/ 2 syllables Soundex M250

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McCain is more common than 98.8% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

From the Irish variant of McKean.

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 19,032 people named McCain in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 16,222 Americans. That is up 6.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 17,933.

#1,888

rank among US surnames

19,032

people in 2010

6.5

per 100,000 Americans

+6.1%

change since 2000 (was #1,842)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,879	Brand	19,135	16,135
#1,880	Delossantos	19,131	16,138
#1,881	Vallejo	19,117	16,150
#1,882	Lima	19,109	16,157
#1,883	Cronin	19,078	16,183
#1,884	Muhammad	19,076	16,185
#1,885	Fitch	19,060	16,199

Who is named McCain

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

65% of people named McCain identified as white (not Hispanic), 29% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 65%
Black (not Hispanic) 29%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Two or more races 2.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous McCains

7 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

John McCain
American politician (1936–2018)
Cindy McCain
American diplomat and businesswoman (born 1954)
Frances Lee McCain
American actress, born 1944
Meghan McCain
American columnist, author, and television personality (born 1984)
Jared McCain
American basketball player (born 2004)
Edwin McCain
American musician, born 1970
Jerry McCain
American electric blues musician (1930–2012)

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Surnames that sound like McCain

McCain has the Soundex code M250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M250.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname McCain come from?: From the Irish variant of McKean.
How common is the surname McCain?: 19,032 people in the United States had the surname McCain in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 16,222 Americans. It ranked 1,888th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname McCain?: In the 2010 Census, 65% of people named McCain identified as white (not Hispanic), and 29% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named McCain?: John McCain, American politician (1936–2018), followed by Cindy McCain.
Where is the surname McCain most common?: Wikidata records people named McCain in the United States.
How do you pronounce McCain?: McCain is /məˈkeɪn/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname McCain getting more or less common?: More common. 17,933 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 19,032 in 2010, up 6.1%.