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    The surname McKissack

    A Scottish Gaelic surname, carried by 1,349 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex M222

    McKissack: #19,907 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer McKissack #19,907, 1,349 people McKissack: #19,907 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez McKissack #19,907, 1,349 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McKissack is more common than 87.7% of them.

    Origin

    Scottish Gaelic origin

    Variant of McIsaac.

    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 1,349 people named McKissack in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 228,870 Americans. That is up 1.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,330.

    #19,907
    rank among US surnames
    1,349
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.4%
    change since 2000 (was #18,965)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #19,907McKissack1,349228,870
    #19,911Clevinger1,348229,040

    Who is named McKissack

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

    54% of people named McKissack identified as white (not Hispanic), 40% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 54%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 40%
    • Two or more races 3.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous McKissacks

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Pebbles
      American dance-pop singer-songwriter, born 1966

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like McKissack

    McKissack has the Soundex code M222, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M222.

    Other Scottish Gaelic surnames

    All 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname McKissack come from?
    Variant of McIsaac.
    How common is the surname McKissack?
    1,349 people in the United States had the surname McKissack in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 228,870 Americans. It ranked 19,907th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname McKissack?
    In the 2010 Census, 54% of people named McKissack identified as white (not Hispanic), and 40% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named McKissack?
    Pebbles, American dance-pop singer-songwriter.
    Where is the surname McKissack most common?
    Wikidata records people named McKissack in the United States.
    Is the surname McKissack getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,330 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,349 in 2010, up 1.4%.