How common is the surname McCracken?

19,287 people in the United States had the surname McCracken in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 16,008 Americans. It ranked 1,862nd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named McCracken?

Craig McCracken, American cartoonist and animator (born 1971), followed by Josiah McCracken.

Where is the surname McCracken most common?

Wikidata records people named McCracken in the United States.

Is the surname McCracken getting more or less common?

More common. 18,975 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 19,287 in 2010, up 1.6%.

The surname McCracken

A surname, carried by 19,287 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). McCracken is more common than 98.9% of them.

Origin

Northern Irish and Scottish Gaelic surname, Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Reachtain, a variant of Mac Neachtain (see McNaughton).

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 19,287 people named McCracken in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 16,008 Americans. That is up 1.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 18,975.

#1,862

rank among US surnames

19,287

people in 2010

6.5

per 100,000 Americans

+1.6%

change since 2000 (was #1,732)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,853	Koehler	19,368	15,941
#1,854	Christiansen	19,340	15,964
#1,855	Sheldon	19,339	15,965
#1,856	Pritchett	19,334	15,969
#1,857	Paulson	19,331	15,972
#1,858	Eddy	19,321	15,980
#1,859	Rock	19,313	15,986

Who is named McCracken

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

92% of people named McCracken identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous McCrackens

8 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Craig McCracken
American cartoonist and animator (born 1971)
Josiah McCracken
American football player, athlete and professor of medicine (1874-1962)
Bert McCracken
American singer, born 1982
Joan McCracken
American dancer and actress (1917–1961)
James McCracken
American opera singer (1926–1988)
Hugh McCracken
American session musician (1942-2013)
Paul McCracken
American economist (1915-2012)
Elizabeth McCracken
American writer, born 1966

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like McCracken

McCracken 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 McCracken come from?: Northern Irish and Scottish Gaelic surname, Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Reachtain, a variant of Mac Neachtain (see McNaughton).
How common is the surname McCracken?: 19,287 people in the United States had the surname McCracken in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 16,008 Americans. It ranked 1,862nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname McCracken?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named McCracken identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named McCracken?: Craig McCracken, American cartoonist and animator (born 1971), followed by Josiah McCracken.
Where is the surname McCracken most common?: Wikidata records people named McCracken in the United States.
Is the surname McCracken getting more or less common?: More common. 18,975 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 19,287 in 2010, up 1.6%.