How common is the surname McCarroll?

3,246 people in the United States had the surname McCarroll in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 95,116 Americans. It ranked 9,940th of 162,253 surnames.

How do you pronounce McCarroll?

McCarroll is /mɪˈkɛɹəl/, 3 syllables.

Is the surname McCarroll getting more or less common?

More common. 3,086 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,246 in 2010, up 5.2%.

The surname McCarroll

An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 3,246 people in the United States.

Pronounced /mɪˈkɛɹəl/ 3 syllables Soundex M264

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McCarroll is more common than 93.9% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Cearbhaill (“son of Cearbhall”), a personal name of uncertain origin. Compare McCarville, which shares the same etymology

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

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 3,246 people named McCarroll in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 95,116 Americans. That is up 5.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,086.

#9,940

rank among US surnames

3,246

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+5.2%

change since 2000 (was #9,662)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,931	Tso	3,249	95,028
#9,932	Olney	3,248	95,057
#9,940	McCarroll	3,246	95,116
#9,949	Schantz	3,245	95,145

Who is named McCarroll

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

72% of people named McCarroll identified as white (not Hispanic), 22% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 72%
Black (not Hispanic) 22%
Two or more races 2.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like McCarroll

McCarley

McCarroll has the Soundex code M264, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M264.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname McCarroll come from?: Anglicized form of Irish Mac Cearbhaill (“son of Cearbhall”), a personal name of uncertain origin. Compare McCarville, which shares the same etymology
How common is the surname McCarroll?: 3,246 people in the United States had the surname McCarroll in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 95,116 Americans. It ranked 9,940th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname McCarroll?: In the 2010 Census, 72% of people named McCarroll identified as white (not Hispanic), and 22% as Black (not Hispanic).
How do you pronounce McCarroll?: McCarroll is /mɪˈkɛɹəl/, 3 syllables.
What type of surname is McCarroll?: McCarroll is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname McCarroll getting more or less common?: More common. 3,086 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,246 in 2010, up 5.2%.