How common is the last name Mcpherson?

35,248 people in the United States have the last name Mcpherson, about 1 in 8,480. It ranks #979 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

MCPHERSON

#979

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
35,248
About
1 in 8,480
This common or more
39.5%
Who bears it

Of the 35,248 people with the last name Mcpherson, 70.5% reported their origin as White, 20.2% as Black and 4.7% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Mcpherson

#977 Sheppard · 35,274#978 Woodward · 35,266#980 Brandt · 35,211#981 Mccarty · 35,172

Spelled almost the same

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

#29,300 Mcpheron · 860#29,674 Mcphearson · 847#88,925 Mcferson · 224#90,184 Mcpherron · 220#116,774 Mcpherren · 158

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