How common is the surname McQueary?

1,901 people in the United States had the surname McQueary in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 162,412 Americans. It ranked 15,409th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname McQueary getting more or less common?

More common. 1,764 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,901 in 2010, up 7.8%.

The surname McQueary

A Scottish Gaelic surname, carried by 1,901 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex M260

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McQueary is more common than 90.5% of them.

Origin

Scottish Gaelic origin

Variant of McQuarrie.

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 1,901 people named McQueary in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 162,412 Americans. That is up 7.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,764.

#15,409

rank among US surnames

1,901

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+7.8%

change since 2000 (was #15,293)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,402	Frew	1,903	162,241
#15,406	Delfin	1,902	162,327
#15,409	McQueary	1,901	162,412
#15,418	McSherry	1,900	162,498

Who is named McQueary

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

90% of people named McQueary identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Black (not Hispanic) 5.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like McQueary

McQueary has the Soundex code M260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M260.

Other Scottish Gaelic surnames

All 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames

Questions

Where does the surname McQueary come from?: Variant of McQuarrie.
How common is the surname McQueary?: 1,901 people in the United States had the surname McQueary in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 162,412 Americans. It ranked 15,409th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname McQueary?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named McQueary identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname McQueary getting more or less common?: More common. 1,764 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,901 in 2010, up 7.8%.