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    The surname McCrystal

    An Irish surname, carried by 540 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex M262

    McCrystal: #40,494 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon McCrystal #40,494, 540 people McCrystal: #40,494 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez McCrystal #40,494, 540 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McCrystal is more common than 75% of them.

    Origin

    Irish origin

    Anglicized form of Northern Irish Mac Criostal, a variant of Criostar, Gaelicized form of Christopher.

    One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 540 people named McCrystal in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 571,751 Americans. That is up 1.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 533.

    #40,494
    rank among US surnames
    540
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.3%
    change since 2000 (was #38,942)

    Who is named McCrystal

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

    93% of people named McCrystal identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 3.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
    • Two or more races 3.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like McCrystal

    McCrystal has the Soundex code M262, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M262.

    Other Irish surnames

    All 880 Irish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname McCrystal come from?
    Anglicized form of Northern Irish Mac Criostal, a variant of Criostar, Gaelicized form of Christopher.
    How common is the surname McCrystal?
    540 people in the United States had the surname McCrystal in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 571,751 Americans. It ranked 40,494th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname McCrystal?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named McCrystal identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname McCrystal getting more or less common?
    More common. 533 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 540 in 2010, up 1.3%.