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    The surname McCreight

    A surname, carried by 1,394 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M262

    McCreight: #19,390 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer McCreight #19,390, 1,394 people McCreight: #19,390 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez McCreight #19,390, 1,394 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McCreight is more common than 88% of them.

    Origin

    Ultimately a reduced variant of McNaughton; compare McCright.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,394 people named McCreight in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 221,482 Americans. That is up 2.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,359.

    #19,390
    rank among US surnames
    1,394
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.6%
    change since 2000 (was #18,682)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #19,390Rifkin1,394221,482
    #19,398Zaborowski1,393221,641

    Who is named McCreight

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

    89% of people named McCreight identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 89%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 6.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like McCreight

    McCreight 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 McCreight come from?
    Ultimately a reduced variant of McNaughton; compare McCright.
    How common is the surname McCreight?
    1,394 people in the United States had the surname McCreight in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 221,482 Americans. It ranked 19,390th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname McCreight?
    In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named McCreight identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname McCreight getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,359 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,394 in 2010, up 2.6%.