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    The surname McCurdy

    A patronymic surname, carried by 12,463 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex M263

    McCurdy: #2,880 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon McCurdy #2,880, 12,463 people McCurdy: #2,880 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez McCurdy #2,880, 12,463 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McCurdy is more common than 98.2% of them.

    Origin

    Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Mhuircheartaigh (“son of Muircheartach”), a personal named based on muir (“sea”) + ceartach (“ruler”). Compare Moriarty.

    McCurdy is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 12,463 people named McCurdy in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 24,773 Americans. That is up 3.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 12,044.

    #2,880
    rank among US surnames
    12,463
    people in 2010
    4.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.5%
    change since 2000 (was #2,750)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,871Clancy12,55624,589
    #2,872Caraballo12,54624,609
    #2,873Baugh12,54324,615
    #2,874Crawley12,52324,654
    #2,875Wheatley12,52024,660
    #2,876Linn12,50824,684
    #2,877Shockley12,50424,692

    Who is named McCurdy

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

    85% of people named McCurdy identified as white (not Hispanic), 10% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 85%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 10%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous McCurdys

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Jennette McCurdy
      American writer and former actress (born 1992)
    • Elmer McCurdy
      American outlaw, 1880–1911

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like McCurdy

    McCurdy has the Soundex code M263, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M263.

    Questions

    Where does the surname McCurdy come from?
    Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Mhuircheartaigh (“son of Muircheartach”), a personal named based on muir (“sea”) + ceartach (“ruler”). Compare Moriarty.
    How common is the surname McCurdy?
    12,463 people in the United States had the surname McCurdy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 24,773 Americans. It ranked 2,880th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname McCurdy?
    In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named McCurdy identified as white (not Hispanic), and 10% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named McCurdy?
    Jennette McCurdy, American writer and former actress (born 1992), followed by Elmer McCurdy.
    Where is the surname McCurdy most common?
    Wikidata records people named McCurdy in the United States.
    What type of surname is McCurdy?
    McCurdy is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname McCurdy getting more or less common?
    More common. 12,044 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,463 in 2010, up 3.5%.