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    The surname McCurry

    A surname, carried by 7,590 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex M260

    McCurry: #4,673 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer McCurry #4,673, 7,590 people McCurry: #4,673 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez McCurry #4,673, 7,590 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McCurry is more common than 97.1% of them.

    Origin

    Variant of McCorry or McMurray.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 7,590 people named McCurry in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 40,678 Americans. That is up 2.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,433.

    #4,673
    rank among US surnames
    7,590
    people in 2010
    2.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.1%
    change since 2000 (was #4,412)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #4,669Sena7,59740,640
    #4,671Sessions7,59340,662
    #4,672Spires7,59240,667
    #4,673McCurry7,59040,678

    Who is named McCurry

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

    86% of people named McCurry identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 86%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 9.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous McCurrys

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Steve McCurry
      American photographer (born 1950)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like McCurry

    McCurry has the Soundex code M260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M260.

    Questions

    Where does the surname McCurry come from?
    Variant of McCorry or McMurray.
    How common is the surname McCurry?
    7,590 people in the United States had the surname McCurry in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 40,678 Americans. It ranked 4,673rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname McCurry?
    In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named McCurry identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named McCurry?
    Steve McCurry, American photographer (born 1950).
    Where is the surname McCurry most common?
    Wikidata records people named McCurry in the United States.
    Is the surname McCurry getting more or less common?
    More common. 7,433 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,590 in 2010, up 2.1%.