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    The surname McKown

    A surname, carried by 3,554 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M250

    McKown: #9,177 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer McKown #9,177, 3,554 people McKown: #9,177 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez McKown #9,177, 3,554 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McKown is more common than 94.3% of them.

    Origin

    Variant of McEwen.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,554 people named McKown in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 86,873 Americans. That is up 1.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,518.

    #9,177
    rank among US surnames
    3,554
    people in 2010
    1.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1%
    change since 2000 (was #8,607)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #9,174Haugh3,55886,775
    #9,175Lowrance3,55786,799
    #9,176Hawn3,55686,824
    #9,177Hearne3,55486,873
    #9,181Tasker3,55386,897

    Who is named McKown

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

    96% of people named McKown identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like McKown

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

    Questions

    Where does the surname McKown come from?
    Variant of McEwen.
    How common is the surname McKown?
    3,554 people in the United States had the surname McKown in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 86,873 Americans. It ranked 9,177th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname McKown?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named McKown identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname McKown getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,518 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,554 in 2010, up 1.0%.