How common is the surname McCorkle?

8,529 people in the United States had the surname McCorkle in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 36,200 Americans. It ranked 4,154th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname McCorkle getting more or less common?

More common. 8,207 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,529 in 2010, up 3.9%.

The surname McCorkle

A surname, carried by 8,529 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex M262

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McCorkle is more common than 97.4% of them.

Origin

Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Thorcaill.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,529 people named McCorkle in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 36,200 Americans. That is up 3.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,207.

#4,154

rank among US surnames

8,529

people in 2010

2.9

per 100,000 Americans

+3.9%

change since 2000 (was #3,977)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,145	Trice	8,546	36,127
#4,146	McCallister	8,545	36,132
#4,147	Koss	8,544	36,136
#4,149	Burley	8,542	36,144
#4,150	Fries	8,540	36,153
#4,151	Jobe	8,536	36,170
#4,152	Rayburn	8,532	36,187

Who is named McCorkle

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

76% of people named McCorkle identified as white (not Hispanic), 19% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 76%
Black (not Hispanic) 19%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 2.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like McCorkle

McCorkle has the Soundex code M262, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M262.

Questions

Where does the surname McCorkle come from?: Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Thorcaill.
How common is the surname McCorkle?: 8,529 people in the United States had the surname McCorkle in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 36,200 Americans. It ranked 4,154th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname McCorkle?: In the 2010 Census, 76% of people named McCorkle identified as white (not Hispanic), and 19% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname McCorkle getting more or less common?: More common. 8,207 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,529 in 2010, up 3.9%.