The surname McCance
A patronymic surname, carried by 700 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex M252
Origin
Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Aonghuis (“son of Angus”). Compare McInnis and McGinnis.
McCance 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 700 people named McCance in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 441,065 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 703.
Who is named McCance
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
93% of people named McCance identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as two or more races and 1.6% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
- White (not Hispanic) 93%
- Two or more races 2.4%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 1.6%
- Black (not Hispanic) 1.0%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.0%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like McCance
McCance has the Soundex code M252, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M252.
Questions
- Where does the surname McCance come from?
- Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Aonghuis (“son of Angus”). Compare McInnis and McGinnis.
- How common is the surname McCance?
- 700 people in the United States had the surname McCance in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 441,065 Americans. It ranked 32,792nd of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname McCance?
- In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named McCance identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as two or more races.
- What type of surname is McCance?
- McCance is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
- Is the surname McCance getting more or less common?
- Less common. 703 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 700 in 2010, down 0.4%.