How common is the surname McEwan?

2,652 people in the United States had the surname McEwan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 116,420 Americans. It ranked 11,804th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named McEwan?

Ian McEwan, British author (born 1948).

Where is the surname McEwan most common?

Wikidata records people named McEwan in the United Kingdom.

How do you pronounce McEwan?

McEwan is /məˈkjuː.ən/, 3 syllables.

Is the surname McEwan getting more or less common?

More common. 2,432 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,652 in 2010, up 9.0%.

The surname McEwan

A Scottish Gaelic surname, carried by 2,652 people in the United States.

Pronounced /məˈkjuː.ən/ 3 syllables Soundex M250

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McEwan is more common than 92.7% of them.

Origin

Scottish Gaelic origin

Variant of McEwen.

One of 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,652 people named McEwan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 116,420 Americans. That is up 9.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,432.

#11,804

rank among US surnames

2,652

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+9%

change since 2000 (was #11,795)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,797	Borman	2,655	116,288
#11,799	Janda	2,654	116,332
#11,801	Feagin	2,653	116,376
#11,804	McEwan	2,652	116,420
#11,807	Woodburn	2,651	116,464
#11,810	Killough	2,650	116,508

Who is named McEwan

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

85% of people named McEwan identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 85%
Black (not Hispanic) 9.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.6%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous McEwans

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Ian McEwan
British author (born 1948)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like McEwan

McEwan has the Soundex code M250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M250.

Other Scottish Gaelic surnames

All 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames

Questions

Where does the surname McEwan come from?: Variant of McEwen.
How common is the surname McEwan?: 2,652 people in the United States had the surname McEwan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 116,420 Americans. It ranked 11,804th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname McEwan?: In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named McEwan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named McEwan?: Ian McEwan, British author (born 1948).
Where is the surname McEwan most common?: Wikidata records people named McEwan in the United Kingdom.
How do you pronounce McEwan?: McEwan is /məˈkjuː.ən/, 3 syllables.
Is the surname McEwan getting more or less common?: More common. 2,432 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,652 in 2010, up 9.0%.