How common is the surname McCusker?

3,574 people in the United States had the surname McCusker in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 86,387 Americans. It ranked 9,135th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname McCusker?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named McCusker identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named McCusker?

Michael McCusker, American film editor.

Where is the surname McCusker most common?

Wikidata records people named McCusker in the United States.

Is the surname McCusker getting more or less common?

More common. 3,398 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,574 in 2010, up 5.2%.

What are other spellings of McCusker?

Maccusker, Macusker and Cusker.

The surname McCusker

A patronymic surname, carried by 3,574 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex M226

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McCusker is more common than 94.4% of them.

Origin

Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Oscair (“son of Oscar”).

McCusker 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 3,574 people named McCusker in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 86,387 Americans. That is up 5.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,398.

#9,135

rank among US surnames

3,574

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+5.2%

change since 2000 (was #8,864)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,129	Waterhouse	3,577	86,314
#9,132	Valtierra	3,576	86,338
#9,134	Lathan	3,575	86,362
#9,135	McCusker	3,574	86,387
#9,137	Murtha	3,573	86,411
#9,138	Rupe	3,572	86,435
#9,139	Manalo	3,571	86,459

Who is named McCusker

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

95% of people named McCusker identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous McCuskers

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Michael McCusker
American film editor, born 1966

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Maccusker
Macusker
Cusker

McCusker has the Soundex code M226, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M226.

Questions

Where does the surname McCusker come from?: Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Oscair (“son of Oscar”).
How common is the surname McCusker?: 3,574 people in the United States had the surname McCusker in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 86,387 Americans. It ranked 9,135th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname McCusker?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named McCusker identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named McCusker?: Michael McCusker, American film editor.
Where is the surname McCusker most common?: Wikidata records people named McCusker in the United States.
What type of surname is McCusker?: McCusker is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname McCusker getting more or less common?: More common. 3,398 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,574 in 2010, up 5.2%.
What are other spellings of McCusker?: Maccusker, Macusker and Cusker.