# McGraw (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 21,614 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,668 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 14,285 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.4% (20,704 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named McGraw 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) | 82% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 12% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named McGraw in the United States and Cyprus.

## People named McGraw

- Phil McGraw, American television personality (born 1950)
- Tim McGraw, American country singer and actor (born 1967)
- Violet McGraw, American actress (born 2011)
- Madeleine McGraw, American and model actress
- Melinda McGraw, American actress
- Charles McGraw, American actor (1914-1980)
- John Joseph McGraw, baseball player, baseball manager
- John McGraw, American politician (1850-1910)
- Tug McGraw, American baseball player (1944-2004)
- Eloise Jarvis McGraw, American writer (1915–2000)

## Similar surnames

McGuire, McCray, McGrew, McGarry, McCrea, McCraw, McGary, McCrae, McGarrah, McRae, McGeary, McRay.

## 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.