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    The surname McKissick

    A Scottish Gaelic surname, carried by 2,892 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex M222

    McKissick: #10,998 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer McKissick #10,998, 2,892 people McKissick: #10,998 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez McKissick #10,998, 2,892 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McKissick is more common than 93.2% 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 2,892 people named McKissick in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 106,758 Americans. That is up 3.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,798.

    #10,998
    rank among US surnames
    2,892
    people in 2010
    1.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.4%
    change since 2000 (was #10,519)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #10,993Chupp2,893106,722
    #10,998Killebrew2,892106,758
    #11,003Charpentier2,891106,795
    #11,007Hipolito2,890106,832

    Who is named McKissick

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

    63% of people named McKissick identified as white (not Hispanic), 31% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 63%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 31%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like McKissick

    McKissick 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 McKissick come from?
    Variant of McIsaac.
    How common is the surname McKissick?
    2,892 people in the United States had the surname McKissick in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 106,758 Americans. It ranked 10,998th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname McKissick?
    In the 2010 Census, 63% of people named McKissick identified as white (not Hispanic), and 31% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname McKissick getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,798 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,892 in 2010, up 3.4%.