How common is the surname McCreery?

2,481 people in the United States had the surname McCreery in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 124,444 Americans. It ranked 12,496th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname McCreery?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named McCreery identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named McCreery?

Scotty McCreery, American country music singer, followed by Richard McCreery.

Where is the surname McCreery most common?

Wikidata records people named McCreery in the United States and the United Kingdom.

Is the surname McCreery getting more or less common?

More common. 2,310 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,481 in 2010, up 7.4%.

The surname McCreery

A surname, carried by 2,481 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex M266

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McCreery is more common than 92.3% of them.

Origin

Variant of McCreary.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,481 people named McCreery in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 124,444 Americans. That is up 7.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,310.

#12,496

rank among US surnames

2,481

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+7.4%

change since 2000 (was #12,340)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,488	Tuma	2,484	124,294
#12,491	Laplant	2,482	124,394
#12,496	Justiniano	2,481	124,444
#12,500	Howey	2,480	124,494
#12,504	Gum	2,479	124,544

Who is named McCreery

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

94% of people named McCreery identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
Two or more races 1.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous McCreerys

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Scotty McCreery
American country music singer, born 1993
Richard McCreery
British Army general (1898–1967)
Walter McCreery
American polo player and Olympic silver medallist (1871–1922)
Thomas C. McCreery
American politician (1816–1890)
Marion Mack
American actress and screenwriter (1902-1989)

Notable McCreerys come mostly from the United States (4) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like McCreery

McCreery has the Soundex code M266, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M266.

Questions

Where does the surname McCreery come from?: Variant of McCreary.
How common is the surname McCreery?: 2,481 people in the United States had the surname McCreery in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 124,444 Americans. It ranked 12,496th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname McCreery?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named McCreery identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named McCreery?: Scotty McCreery, American country music singer, followed by Richard McCreery.
Where is the surname McCreery most common?: Wikidata records people named McCreery in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Is the surname McCreery getting more or less common?: More common. 2,310 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,481 in 2010, up 7.4%.