# McQueen (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/mcqueen/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Irish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Irish |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 19,760 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,814 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 15,625 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.7% (18,701 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /məˈkwiːn/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As a Scottish Gaelic and Irish surname, from Mac Shuibhne (“son of Suibhne”), a byname meaning "pleasant." See McSweeney. * Also as a Scottish and Irish surname, from Mac Shuain, based on Old Norse sveinn (“boy servant”). Also compare Swain, McSwan. * Also as a Scottish and Irish surname, Anglicized form of Irish Mac Caoimhín (literally “son of Kevin”). * As a French surname, Americanized from Moquin.

## Who carries it

Share of people named McQueen in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 58% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 37% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 2.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named McQueen in the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named McQueen

- Steve McQueen, American actor (1930-1980)
- Chad McQueen, American actor and racecar driver (1960–2024)
- Steven R. McQueen, American actor
- Butterfly McQueen, American actress (1911-1995)
- Armelia McQueen, American actress (1952-2020)
- Alexander McQueen, British association football player (born 1995)
- L. Q. Jones, American actor (1927–2022)
- Sherrilyn Kenyon, American novelist

## Similar surnames

McCune, McCuen, McQuinn, McQuain, McEwen, McKeehan, McKeen, McGeehan, McSween, Mason, McKinney, Magana.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.