# McCarrick (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/mccarrick/  
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 | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,089 |
| US rank (2010) | 23,371 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 283,513 people |
| Change since 2000 | +10% (987 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Two main origins: * Anglicized form of Irish Mac Con Charraige (“son of the hound of the rock”), from cú (“hound”) and carraig (“rock”). * Anglicized form of Irish Mac Con Chathrach (“son of the hound of the fortress”), from cú (“hound”) and cathair (“castle, fortress”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named McCarrick 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) | 97% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 1.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named McCarrick in the United States.

## People named McCarrick

- Theodore Edgar McCarrick, American cardinal (1930–2025)

## Similar surnames

McCracken, McGregor, Majors, McCorkle, MacGregor, Mazariegos, Mijares, Mazurek, Mukherjee, Magers, McCroskey, Messersmith.

## 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.