# McCurtain (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/mccurtain/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Irish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Irish |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 382 |
| US rank (2010) | 54,055 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 808,234 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.5% (380 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Curtáin, variant of Mac Cruitín (“son of the hunchback”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named McCurtain in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 46% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 5.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 35% |
| Two or more races | 9.2% |

## Similar surnames

McCartney, McCartan, McCarthy, McCarty, McCurdy, McCarter, McCourt, McCart, McCrady, McGrath, McCord, McArthur.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.