How common is the last name Mccarthy?

80,108 people in the United States have the last name Mccarthy, about 1 in 3,731. It ranks #395 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

MCCARTHY

#395

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
80,108
About
1 in 3,731
This common or more
29.4%
Who bears it

Of the 80,108 people with the last name Mccarthy, 89.7% reported their origin as White, 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino and 3.1% as Black. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Mccarthy

#393 Bush · 80,122#394 Warner · 80,118#396 Paul · 80,097#397 Fletcher · 79,835

Spelled almost the same

8 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Mccarthy, most common first.

#981 Mccarty · 35,172#2,753 Mccartney · 12,745#3,769 Mccarter · 9,177#13,589 Mccart · 2,136#29,761 Mccartin · 844#34,864 Mccartan · 698#44,416 Mccartt · 521#51,280 Mcarthy · 439

Also a first name

As a first name, Mccarthy ranks #36,185 of 53,615, with 220 people. See Mccarthy as a first name

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