How common is the surname McWhorter?

9,312 people in the United States had the surname McWhorter in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 33,156 Americans. It ranked 3,801st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named McWhorter?

John McWhorter, American academic and linguist.

Where is the surname McWhorter most common?

Wikidata records people named McWhorter in the United States.

Is the surname McWhorter getting more or less common?

More common. 9,185 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,312 in 2010, up 1.4%.

The surname McWhorter

A Scottish Gaelic surname, carried by 9,312 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex M263

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McWhorter is more common than 97.7% of them.

Origin

Scottish Gaelic origin

Variant of McWhirter.

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 9,312 people named McWhorter in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 33,156 Americans. That is up 1.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,185.

#3,801

rank among US surnames

9,312

people in 2010

3.2

per 100,000 Americans

+1.4%

change since 2000 (was #3,551)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,792	Stull	9,324	33,113
#3,793	Bolen	9,323	33,117
#3,794	Reno	9,322	33,120
#3,795	McFarlane	9,319	33,131
#3,796	Hulsey	9,317	33,138
#3,797	Seal	9,316	33,141
#3,798	Roby	9,315	33,145

Who is named McWhorter

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

82% of people named McWhorter identified as white (not Hispanic), 13% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 82%
Black (not Hispanic) 13%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous McWhorters

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

John McWhorter
American academic and linguist, born 1965

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like McWhorter

McWhorter has the Soundex code M263, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M263.

Other Scottish Gaelic surnames

All 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames

Questions

Where does the surname McWhorter come from?: Variant of McWhirter.
How common is the surname McWhorter?: 9,312 people in the United States had the surname McWhorter in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 33,156 Americans. It ranked 3,801st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname McWhorter?: In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named McWhorter identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named McWhorter?: John McWhorter, American academic and linguist.
Where is the surname McWhorter most common?: Wikidata records people named McWhorter in the United States.
Is the surname McWhorter getting more or less common?: More common. 9,185 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,312 in 2010, up 1.4%.