How common is the surname McCarville?

1,082 people in the United States had the surname McCarville in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 285,347 Americans. It ranked 23,485th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname McCarville?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named McCarville identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named McCarville?

Janel McCarville, American basketball player (born 1982).

Where is the surname McCarville most common?

Wikidata records people named McCarville in the United States.

Is the surname McCarville getting more or less common?

About as common. 1,082 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,082 in 2010, a change of 0.0%.

The surname McCarville

An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 1,082 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex M261

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McCarville is more common than 85.5% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Cearbhaill (“son of Cearbhall”), a personal name of uncertain origin. Compare McCarroll, which shares the same etymology

McCarville 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 1,082 people named McCarville in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 285,347 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,082.

#23,485

rank among US surnames

1,082

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

change since 2000 (was #22,240)

Who is named McCarville

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

96% of people named McCarville identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous McCarvilles

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Janel McCarville
American basketball player (born 1982)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like McCarville

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

Other Irish surnames

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Questions

Where does the surname McCarville come from?: Anglicized form of Irish Mac Cearbhaill (“son of Cearbhall”), a personal name of uncertain origin. Compare McCarroll, which shares the same etymology
How common is the surname McCarville?: 1,082 people in the United States had the surname McCarville in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 285,347 Americans. It ranked 23,485th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname McCarville?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named McCarville identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named McCarville?: Janel McCarville, American basketball player (born 1982).
Where is the surname McCarville most common?: Wikidata records people named McCarville in the United States.
What type of surname is McCarville?: McCarville is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname McCarville getting more or less common?: About as common. 1,082 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,082 in 2010, a change of 0.0%.