How common is the surname McCormack?

17,449 people in the United States had the surname McCormack in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 17,694 Americans. It ranked 2,074th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname McCormack?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named McCormack identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named McCormack?

Catherine McCormack, British actress, followed by Patty McCormack.

Where is the surname McCormack most common?

Wikidata records people named McCormack in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom.

Is the surname McCormack getting more or less common?

More common. 17,074 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 17,449 in 2010, up 2.2%.

The surname McCormack

A surname, carried by 17,449 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex M265

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McCormack is more common than 98.7% of them.

Origin

Variant of McCormick.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 17,449 people named McCormack in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 17,694 Americans. That is up 2.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 17,074.

#2,074

rank among US surnames

17,449

people in 2010

5.9

per 100,000 Americans

+2.2%

change since 2000 (was #1,936)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,065	Oakes	17,499	17,644
#2,066	Hanks	17,498	17,645
#2,067	Neumann	17,484	17,659
#2,069	Ashby	17,482	17,661
#2,070	Vernon	17,480	17,663
#2,071	Crowell	17,467	17,676
#2,072	Blum	17,458	17,685

Who is named McCormack

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

92% of people named McCormack identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous McCormacks

11 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Catherine McCormack
British actress, born 1972
Patty McCormack
American actress, born 1945
Mary McCormack
American actress (b. 1969)
Mark McCormack
American lawyer, sports agent and writer (1930–2003)
Alicia McCormack
Australian water polo goalkeeper, born 1983
Pat McCormack
British boxer, born 1995
Will McCormack
American actor, born 1974
Michael McCormack
Australian politician, 18th Deputy Prime Minister of Australia, born 1964
Mike McCormack
American football player and coach (1930-2013)
Gavan McCormack
Australian academic, born 1937
Chris McCormack
Australian triathlete (1973-)

Notable McCormacks come mostly from the United States (5), Australia (4) and the United Kingdom (2).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like McCormack

McCormack has the Soundex code M265, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M265.

Questions

Where does the surname McCormack come from?: Variant of McCormick.
How common is the surname McCormack?: 17,449 people in the United States had the surname McCormack in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 17,694 Americans. It ranked 2,074th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname McCormack?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named McCormack identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named McCormack?: Catherine McCormack, British actress, followed by Patty McCormack.
Where is the surname McCormack most common?: Wikidata records people named McCormack in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom.
Is the surname McCormack getting more or less common?: More common. 17,074 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 17,449 in 2010, up 2.2%.