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    The surname McCree

    A Scottish Gaelic surname, carried by 2,931 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M260

    McCree: #10,871 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer McCree #10,871, 2,931 people McCree: #10,871 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez McCree #10,871, 2,931 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McCree is more common than 93.3% of them.

    Origin

    Scottish Gaelic origin

    Variant of McRae.

    One of 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,931 people named McCree in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 105,338 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,622.

    #10,871
    rank among US surnames
    2,931
    people in 2010
    1.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +11.8%
    change since 2000 (was #11,109)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #10,866Owsley2,932105,302
    #10,871Helmuth2,931105,338
    #10,880Midgett2,930105,374

    Who is named McCree

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

    74% of people named McCree identified as Black (not Hispanic), 20% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.7% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 74%
    • White (not Hispanic) 20%
    • Two or more races 3.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Famous McCrees

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Erik McCree
      American basketball player (born 1993)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like McCree

    McCree has the Soundex code M260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M260.

    Other Scottish Gaelic surnames

    All 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname McCree come from?
    Variant of McRae.
    How common is the surname McCree?
    2,931 people in the United States had the surname McCree in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 105,338 Americans. It ranked 10,871st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname McCree?
    In the 2010 Census, 74% of people named McCree identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 20% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named McCree?
    Erik McCree, American basketball player (born 1993).
    Where is the surname McCree most common?
    Wikidata records people named McCree in the United States.
    Is the surname McCree getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,622 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,931 in 2010, up 12%.