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    The surname McCammon

    A patronymic surname, carried by 3,478 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex M255

    McCammon: #9,352 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer McCammon #9,352, 3,478 people McCammon: #9,352 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez McCammon #9,352, 3,478 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McCammon is more common than 94.2% of them.

    Origin

    Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic and Northern Irish Mac Ámoinn (“son of Ámoinn”), a Gaelicized form of the Old Norse personal name Amundr, which is composed of the elements agi (“awe, terror”) and mundr (“protection”).

    McCammon is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,478 people named McCammon in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 88,771 Americans. That is up 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,401.

    #9,352
    rank among US surnames
    3,478
    people in 2010
    1.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.3%
    change since 2000 (was #8,858)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #9,345Helfrich3,48288,669
    #9,347Schuyler3,48088,720
    #9,350Hepburn3,47988,745
    #9,352McCammon3,47888,771
    #9,355Acord3,47788,797

    Who is named McCammon

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

    91% of people named McCammon identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 91%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 4.7%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous McCammons

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Robert R. McCammon
      American novelist, born 1952
    • Mark McCammon
      Barbadian footballer, born 1978

    Notable McCammons come mostly from the United States (1) and Barbados (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like McCammon

    McCammon has the Soundex code M255, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M255.

    Questions

    Where does the surname McCammon come from?
    Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic and Northern Irish Mac Ámoinn (“son of Ámoinn”), a Gaelicized form of the Old Norse personal name Amundr, which is composed of the elements agi (“awe, terror”) and mundr (“protection”).
    How common is the surname McCammon?
    3,478 people in the United States had the surname McCammon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 88,771 Americans. It ranked 9,352nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname McCammon?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named McCammon identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named McCammon?
    Robert R. McCammon, American novelist, followed by Mark McCammon.
    Where is the surname McCammon most common?
    Wikidata records people named McCammon in the United States and Barbados.
    What type of surname is McCammon?
    McCammon is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname McCammon getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,401 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,478 in 2010, up 2.3%.