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    The surname McCarty

    An Irish surname, carried by 36,944 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /məˈkɑɹ.ti/ 3 syllables Soundex M263

    McCarty: #939 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon McCarty #939, 36,944 people McCarty: #939 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez McCarty #939, 36,944 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McCarty is more common than 99.4% of them.

    Origin

    Irish origin

    Southern Irish variant of McCarthy.

    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 36,944 people named McCarty in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 8,357 Americans. That is up 3.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 35,718.

    #939
    rank among US surnames
    36,944
    people in 2010
    13
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.4%
    change since 2000 (was #881)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #930Hayden37,4518,244
    #931Cano37,3688,262
    #932Levy37,2288,293
    #933Huber37,1708,306
    #934Richmond37,0538,333
    #935Moyer37,0508,333
    #936Lim37,0218,340

    Who is named McCarty

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

    88% of people named McCarty identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 88%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 6.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous McCartys

    8 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Kelli McCarty
      American actress and model, born 1969
    • Maclyn McCarty
      American geneticist (1911-2005)
    • Dax McCarty
      American soccer player, born 1987
    • Kelly McCarty
      American-Russian basketball player (born 1975)
    • Walter McCarty
      American basketball player-coach, born 1974
    • Daniel T. McCarty
      American politician (1912-1953)
    • Billy the Kid
      American outlaw and gunfighter (1859–1881)
    • Anne Braden
      American activist (1924–2006)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like McCarty

    McCarty 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 McCarty come from?
    Southern Irish variant of McCarthy.
    How common is the surname McCarty?
    36,944 people in the United States had the surname McCarty in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 8,357 Americans. It ranked 939th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname McCarty?
    In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named McCarty identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named McCarty?
    Kelli McCarty, American actress and model, followed by Maclyn McCarty.
    Where is the surname McCarty most common?
    Wikidata records people named McCarty in the United States.
    How do you pronounce McCarty?
    McCarty is /məˈkɑɹ.ti/, 3 syllables.
    Is the surname McCarty getting more or less common?
    More common. 35,718 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 36,944 in 2010, up 3.4%.
    What are other spellings of McCarty?
    Maccarty, Macarty and Carty.