# McCraney (surname)

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

A surname from Irish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Irish |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,015 |
| US rank (2010) | 14,748 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 153,224 people |
| Change since 2000 | +7.2% (1,880 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Bhranaigh (“son of Branach”), a personal name derived from a diminutive of bran (“raven”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named McCraney 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) | 56% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 38% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.3% |
| Two or more races | 3.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named McCraney in the United States.

## People named McCraney

- Tarell Alvin McCraney, American playwright

## Similar surnames

McCarron, McGrane, McCranie, McCarney, McKernan, McCrimmon, McCrum, McCormick, McCormack, McReynolds, Mascarenas, McKiernan.

## 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.