# McCormick (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/mccormick/  
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) | 63,649 |
| US rank (2010) | 532 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 4,851 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.6% (62,663 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /məˈkɔː(ɹ)mɪk/, 3 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Scottish Gaelic and Irish Mac Cormaic (literally “son of Cormac”), from Old Irish Cormac, Corbmac, which is itself from corb (“chariot”) + mac (“son”). The double patronymic "arose when the meaning of Cormac began to be lost sight of". Many books of baby names also connect the name to an Irish word for "raven".

## Who carries it

Share of people named McCormick 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) | 87% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 7.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named McCormick in the United States and Australia.

## People named McCormick

- Cyrus McCormick, American inventor and businessman (1809–1884)
- Sierra McCormick, American actress and model
- Pat McCormick, American diver
- David H. McCormick, American politician and businessman (born 1965)
- Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, American politician (born 1979)
- Carolyn McCormick, American actress
- Peter Dodds McCormick, Australian schoolteacher and songwriter (1834–1916)
- Kelly McCormick, American diver
- Maureen McCormick, American actress
- Katharine Dexter McCormick, American philanthropist (1875–1967)
- Ruth Hanna McCormick, American politician (1880–1944)
- Pat McCormick, American actor (1927–2005)

and 14 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

McCormack, McCrum, McReynolds, McCarron, McKernan, Mascarenas, McKiernan, McCraney, McGrane, McCrimmon, McCranie, McGranahan.

## 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.