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    The surname McCaughey

    A surname, carried by 1,598 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex M220

    McCaughey: #17,586 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer McCaughey #17,586, 1,598 people McCaughey: #17,586 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez McCaughey #17,586, 1,598 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McCaughey is more common than 89.2% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,598 people named McCaughey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 193,207 Americans. That is up 4.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,535.

    #17,586
    rank among US surnames
    1,598
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.1%
    change since 2000 (was #17,059)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,582Bick1,599193,087
    #17,586Ploof1,598193,207

    Who is named McCaughey

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

    96% of people named McCaughey identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
    • Two or more races 0.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like McCaughey

    McCaughey has the Soundex code M220, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M220.

    Questions

    How common is the surname McCaughey?
    1,598 people in the United States had the surname McCaughey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 193,207 Americans. It ranked 17,586th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname McCaughey?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named McCaughey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname McCaughey getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,535 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,598 in 2010, up 4.1%.