How common is the surname McCawley?

1,077 people in the United States had the surname McCawley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 286,672 Americans. It ranked 23,576th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname McCawley?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named McCawley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname McCawley getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,119 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,077 in 2010, down 3.8%.

The surname McCawley

An Irish surname, carried by 1,077 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex M240

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

Origin

Irish origin

From the Irish variant of McCauley.

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 1,077 people named McCawley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 286,672 Americans. That is down 3.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,119.

#23,576

rank among US surnames

1,077

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-3.8%

change since 2000 (was #21,694)

Who is named McCawley

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

95% of people named McCawley identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

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 McCawley

McCawley has the Soundex code M240, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M240.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname McCawley come from?: From the Irish variant of McCauley.
How common is the surname McCawley?: 1,077 people in the United States had the surname McCawley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 286,672 Americans. It ranked 23,576th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname McCawley?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named McCawley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname McCawley getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,119 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,077 in 2010, down 3.8%.