How common is the surname McCarter?

9,849 people in the United States had the surname McCarter in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 31,348 Americans. It ranked 3,605th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname McCarter getting more or less common?

More common. 9,262 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,849 in 2010, up 6.3%.

The surname McCarter

A surname, carried by 9,849 people in the United States.

3 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). McCarter is more common than 97.8% of them.

Origin

Variant of McArthur.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 9,849 people named McCarter in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 31,348 Americans. That is up 6.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,262.

#3,605

rank among US surnames

9,849

people in 2010

3.3

per 100,000 Americans

+6.3%

change since 2000 (was #3,524)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,596	Storm	9,895	31,202
#3,598	Quach	9,894	31,205
#3,599	Groff	9,889	31,221
#3,600	Mackay	9,886	31,231
#3,601	Thiel	9,880	31,250
#3,602	Agnew	9,856	31,326
#3,603	Aceves	9,854	31,332

Who is named McCarter

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

74% of people named McCarter identified as white (not Hispanic), 20% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 74%
Black (not Hispanic) 20%
Two or more races 2.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like McCarter

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

Questions

Where does the surname McCarter come from?: Variant of McArthur.
How common is the surname McCarter?: 9,849 people in the United States had the surname McCarter in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 31,348 Americans. It ranked 3,605th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname McCarter?: In the 2010 Census, 74% of people named McCarter identified as white (not Hispanic), and 20% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname McCarter getting more or less common?: More common. 9,262 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,849 in 2010, up 6.3%.