How common is the surname McKean?

5,314 people in the United States had the surname McKean in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 58,100 Americans. It ranked 6,402nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname McKean?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named McKean identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

How do you pronounce McKean?

McKean is /məˈkiːn/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname McKean getting more or less common?

More common. 4,913 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,314 in 2010, up 8.2%.

The surname McKean

A surname, carried by 5,314 people in the United States.

Pronounced /məˈkiːn/ 2 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). McKean is more common than 96.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,314 people named McKean in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 58,100 Americans. That is up 8.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,913.

#6,402

rank among US surnames

5,314

people in 2010

1.8

per 100,000 Americans

+8.2%

change since 2000 (was #6,378)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,393	McMillin	5,323	58,002
#6,394	Golding	5,321	58,024
#6,395	Babbitt	5,320	58,035
#6,396	Cofield	5,319	58,046
#6,398	Whitmer	5,317	58,068
#6,399	Reel	5,316	58,079
#6,400	Wolcott	5,315	58,089

Who is named McKean

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

93% of people named McKean identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
Two or more races 1.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like McKean

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

Questions

How common is the surname McKean?: 5,314 people in the United States had the surname McKean in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 58,100 Americans. It ranked 6,402nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname McKean?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named McKean identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
How do you pronounce McKean?: McKean is /məˈkiːn/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname McKean getting more or less common?: More common. 4,913 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,314 in 2010, up 8.2%.