How common is the surname McKim?

3,790 people in the United States had the surname McKim in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 81,463 Americans. It ranked 8,669th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname McKim?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named McKim identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named McKim?

Josephine McKim, American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, former world record-holder (1910-1992), followed by Charles Follen McKim.

Where is the surname McKim most common?

Wikidata records people named McKim in the United States.

Is the surname McKim getting more or less common?

More common. 3,732 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,790 in 2010, up 1.6%.

The surname McKim

A Scottish Gaelic patronymic surname, carried by 3,790 people in the United States.

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). McKim is more common than 94.7% of them.

Origin

Scottish Gaelic origin

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Shim (“son of Sim”), a pet form of the personal name Simon.

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

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 3,790 people named McKim in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 81,463 Americans. That is up 1.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,732.

#8,669

rank among US surnames

3,790

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+1.6%

change since 2000 (was #8,171)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,664	Hufford	3,793	81,399
#8,665	Bos	3,792	81,420
#8,668	Merkle	3,791	81,442
#8,669	McKim	3,790	81,463
#8,673	Boney	3,789	81,485
#8,676	McGaha	3,787	81,528

Who is named McKim

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

92% of people named McKim identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous McKims

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Josephine McKim
American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, former world record-holder (1910-1992)
Charles Follen McKim
American Beaux-Arts architect (1847–1909)
Robert McKim
Actor (1886-1927)
Lilly Pulitzer
American fashion designer (1931–2013)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like McKim

McKim 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 McKim come from?: Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Shim (“son of Sim”), a pet form of the personal name Simon.
How common is the surname McKim?: 3,790 people in the United States had the surname McKim in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 81,463 Americans. It ranked 8,669th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname McKim?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named McKim identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named McKim?: Josephine McKim, American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, former world record-holder (1910-1992), followed by Charles Follen McKim.
Where is the surname McKim most common?: Wikidata records people named McKim in the United States.
What type of surname is McKim?: McKim is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname McKim getting more or less common?: More common. 3,732 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,790 in 2010, up 1.6%.