# McCarver (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/mccarver/  
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 | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,424 |
| US rank (2010) | 12,732 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 127,370 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.5% (2,343 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Variant of McCarville.

## Who carries it

Share of people named McCarver 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) | 77% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 18% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 2.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named McCarver in the United States.

## People named McCarver

- Tim McCarver, American baseball player and announcer
- Devinn Lane, American pornographic actress and director
- Celly Cel, American rapper and hip-hop producer

## Similar surnames

McGarvey, McCorvey, McCarville, Musgrove, McGriff, Musgrave, McRoberts, McGreevy, Meserve, Makarov.

## 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.