How common is the surname McCune?

9,549 people in the United States had the surname McCune in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 32,333 Americans. It ranked 3,715th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named McCune?

George M. McCune, American linguist (1908-1948), followed by Lisa McCune.

Where is the surname McCune most common?

Wikidata records people named McCune in the United States and Australia.

Is the surname McCune getting more or less common?

More common. 9,315 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,549 in 2010, up 2.5%.

The surname McCune

An Irish surname, carried by 9,549 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M250

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McCune is more common than 97.7% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Eoghain.

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 9,549 people named McCune in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 32,333 Americans. That is up 2.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,315.

#3,715

rank among US surnames

9,549

people in 2010

3.2

per 100,000 Americans

+2.5%

change since 2000 (was #3,508)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,706	Taveras	9,580	32,228
#3,707	Wei	9,578	32,235
#3,708	Fulmer	9,570	32,262
#3,709	Amaral	9,567	32,272
#3,710	Shull	9,565	32,279
#3,711	Koehn	9,559	32,299
#3,712	Truitt	9,557	32,306

Who is named McCune

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

88% of people named McCune identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 88%
Black (not Hispanic) 7.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 2.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous McCunes

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

George M. McCune
American linguist (1908-1948)
Lisa McCune
Australian actress, born 1971
Grant McCune
American special effects director (1943-2010)

Notable McCunes come mostly from the United States (2) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like McCune

McCune has the Soundex code M250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M250.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname McCune come from?: Anglicized form of Irish Mac Eoghain.
How common is the surname McCune?: 9,549 people in the United States had the surname McCune in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 32,333 Americans. It ranked 3,715th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname McCune?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named McCune identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named McCune?: George M. McCune, American linguist (1908-1948), followed by Lisa McCune.
Where is the surname McCune most common?: Wikidata records people named McCune in the United States and Australia.
Is the surname McCune getting more or less common?: More common. 9,315 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,549 in 2010, up 2.5%.