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    The surname McCarver

    An Irish surname, carried by 2,424 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex M261

    McCarver: #12,732 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer McCarver #12,732, 2,424 people McCarver: #12,732 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez McCarver #12,732, 2,424 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McCarver is more common than 92.2% of them.

    Origin

    Irish origin

    Variant of McCarville.

    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 2,424 people named McCarver in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 127,370 Americans. That is up 3.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,343.

    #12,732
    rank among US surnames
    2,424
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.5%
    change since 2000 (was #12,193)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,724Palmeri2,426127,265
    #12,729McLennan2,425127,318
    #12,732Nishimura2,424127,370
    #12,740Bracamonte2,423127,423

    Who is named McCarver

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

    77% of people named McCarver identified as white (not Hispanic), 18% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 77%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 18%
    • Two or more races 2.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous McCarvers

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Tim McCarver
      American baseball player and announcer, 1941–2023
    • Devinn Lane
      American pornographic actress and director, born 1972
    • Celly Cel
      American rapper and hip-hop producer, born 2000

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like McCarver

    McCarver has the Soundex code M261, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M261.

    Other Irish surnames

    All 880 Irish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname McCarver come from?
    Variant of McCarville.
    How common is the surname McCarver?
    2,424 people in the United States had the surname McCarver in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 127,370 Americans. It ranked 12,732nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname McCarver?
    In the 2010 Census, 77% of people named McCarver identified as white (not Hispanic), and 18% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named McCarver?
    Tim McCarver, American baseball player and announcer, followed by Devinn Lane.
    Where is the surname McCarver most common?
    Wikidata records people named McCarver in the United States.
    Is the surname McCarver getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,343 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,424 in 2010, up 3.5%.