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    The surname McCurtain

    An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 382 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M263

    McCurtain: #54,055 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon McCurtain #54,055, 382 people McCurtain: #54,055 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez McCurtain #54,055, 382 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McCurtain is more common than 66.7% of them.

    Origin

    Irish origin

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

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

    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 382 people named McCurtain in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 808,234 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 380.

    #54,055
    rank among US surnames
    382
    people in 2010
    0.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.5%
    change since 2000 (was #51,458)

    Who is named McCurtain

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

    46% of people named McCurtain identified as white (not Hispanic), 35% as American Indian and Alaska Native and 9.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 46%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 35%
    • Two or more races 9.2%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 5.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Hispanic, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like McCurtain

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

    Other Irish surnames

    All 880 Irish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname McCurtain come from?
    Anglicized form of Irish Mac Curtáin, variant of Mac Cruitín (“son of the hunchback”).
    How common is the surname McCurtain?
    382 people in the United States had the surname McCurtain in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 808,234 Americans. It ranked 54,055th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname McCurtain?
    In the 2010 Census, 46% of people named McCurtain identified as white (not Hispanic), and 35% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
    What type of surname is McCurtain?
    McCurtain is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname McCurtain getting more or less common?
    More common. 380 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 382 in 2010, up 0.5%.