How common is the surname McCausland?

1,697 people in the United States had the surname McCausland in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 181,936 Americans. It ranked 16,824th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname McCausland?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named McCausland identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname McCausland getting more or less common?

More common. 1,603 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,697 in 2010, up 5.9%.

The surname McCausland

A patronymic surname, carried by 1,697 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex M224

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McCausland is more common than 89.6% of them.

Origin

Anglicized form of Northern Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Ausaláin (“son of Absolom”), from the name of a cleric.

McCausland is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,697 people named McCausland in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 181,936 Americans. That is up 5.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,603.

#16,824

rank among US surnames

1,697

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+5.9%

change since 2000 (was #16,502)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,824	Red	1,697	181,936
#16,833	Kaser	1,696	182,043

Who is named McCausland

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

92% of people named McCausland identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.6%
Two or more races 1.4%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like McCausland

McCausland has the Soundex code M224, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M224.

Questions

Where does the surname McCausland come from?: Anglicized form of Northern Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Ausaláin (“son of Absolom”), from the name of a cleric.
How common is the surname McCausland?: 1,697 people in the United States had the surname McCausland in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 181,936 Americans. It ranked 16,824th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname McCausland?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named McCausland identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
What type of surname is McCausland?: McCausland is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname McCausland getting more or less common?: More common. 1,603 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,697 in 2010, up 5.9%.