How common is the surname McCart?

2,364 people in the United States had the surname McCart in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 130,603 Americans. It ranked 12,986th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname McCart?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named McCart identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname McCart getting more or less common?

More common. 2,139 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,364 in 2010, up 11%.

The surname McCart

An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 2,364 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M263

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McCart is more common than 92% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Anglicized form of Northern Irish Mac Airt (“son of Art”), a byname from art (“bear”).

McCart 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 2,364 people named McCart in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 130,603 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,139.

#12,986

rank among US surnames

2,364

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+10.5%

change since 2000 (was #13,110)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,978	Cron	2,366	130,493
#12,981	Moor	2,365	130,548
#12,986	Golub	2,364	130,603
#12,994	Beringer	2,363	130,658

Who is named McCart

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

95% of people named McCart identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
Two or more races 1.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like McCart

McCart has the Soundex code M263, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M263.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname McCart come from?: Anglicized form of Northern Irish Mac Airt (“son of Art”), a byname from art (“bear”).
How common is the surname McCart?: 2,364 people in the United States had the surname McCart in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 130,603 Americans. It ranked 12,986th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname McCart?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named McCart identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
What type of surname is McCart?: McCart is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname McCart getting more or less common?: More common. 2,139 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,364 in 2010, up 11%.