# McCord (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/mccord/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 17,875 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,019 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 17,272 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.8% (17,216 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Anglicized form of Northern Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Cuairt or Mac Cuarta, meaning "son of a journey," from mac + cuairt. Compare McMurtry.

## Who carries it

Share of people named McCord in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 80% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 15% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.1% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named McCord in the United States.

## People named McCord

- AnnaLynne McCord, American actress
- Tim McCord, American rock musician
- Kent McCord, American actor
- Catherine McCord, American model
- Jim Nance McCord, American politician (1879-1968)
- Billy Vera, American singer and actor, songwriter

## Similar surnames

McCarty, McCurdy, McCready, McCourt, McCart, McCrady, McCardle, McCardell, McCarthy, McGrath, McCartney, McArthur.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.