How common is the surname McQueen?

19,760 people in the United States had the surname McQueen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 15,625 Americans. It ranked 1,814th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named McQueen?

Steve McQueen, American actor (1930-1980), followed by Chad McQueen.

Where is the surname McQueen most common?

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

How do you pronounce McQueen?

McQueen is /məˈkwiːn/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname McQueen getting more or less common?

More common. 18,701 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 19,760 in 2010, up 5.7%.

The surname McQueen

An Irish occupational surname, carried by 19,760 people in the United States.

Pronounced /məˈkwiːn/ 2 syllables Soundex M250

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McQueen is more common than 98.9% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

* 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.

McQueen is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 19,760 people named McQueen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 15,625 Americans. That is up 5.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 18,701.

#1,814

rank among US surnames

19,760

people in 2010

6.7

per 100,000 Americans

+5.7%

change since 2000 (was #1,757)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,805	Street	19,866	15,541
#1,806	Lockwood	19,865	15,542
#1,807	Hinson	19,857	15,548
#1,808	Rudolph	19,854	15,551
#1,809	Waiters	19,853	15,552
#1,810	Sepulveda	19,851	15,553
#1,811	Duvall	19,844	15,559

Who is named McQueen

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

58% of people named McQueen identified as white (not Hispanic), 37% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as two or more races.

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous McQueens

8 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Steve McQueen
American actor (1930-1980)
Chad McQueen
American actor and racecar driver (1960–2024)
Steven R. McQueen
American actor, born 1988
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, born 1965

Notable McQueens come mostly from the United States (7) and the United Kingdom (1).

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Surnames that sound like McQueen

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

Other Irish surnames

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Questions

Where does the surname McQueen come from?: * 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,…
How common is the surname McQueen?: 19,760 people in the United States had the surname McQueen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 15,625 Americans. It ranked 1,814th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname McQueen?: In the 2010 Census, 58% of people named McQueen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 37% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named McQueen?: Steve McQueen, American actor (1930-1980), followed by Chad McQueen.
Where is the surname McQueen most common?: Wikidata records people named McQueen in the United States and the United Kingdom.
How do you pronounce McQueen?: McQueen is /məˈkwiːn/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is McQueen?: McQueen is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname McQueen getting more or less common?: More common. 18,701 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 19,760 in 2010, up 5.7%.