Explore the Family Name Mccort

The meaning of Mccort

Irish and Scottish: variant of McCord 1. Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan.

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How common is the last name Mccort in the United States?

According to the data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Mccort has seen a decrease between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Mccort was ranked as the 31,958th most popular surname, which dropped to 35,993rd place in 2010 - a decrease of 12.63%. The actual count of individuals with this surname also decreased from 682 to 623 during this period, marking an 8.65% reduction. This resulted in a decline in the proportion of people with the Mccort surname per 100k from 0.25 to 0.21, indicating a 16% change.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#31,958	#35,993	-12.63%
Count	682	623	-8.65%
Proportion per 100k	0.25	0.21	-16%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Mccort

When it comes to the ethnic identity associated with the Mccort surname, there were some shifts between 2000 and 2010 as per the Decennial U.S. Census data. In 2000, the majority of individuals with this surname identified as White (95.75%), a figure that increased slightly to 96.63% by 2010. There was no representation from the Asian/Pacific Islander community in 2000, but by 2010, 0.80% of people with the Mccort surname identified as Asian/Pacific Islander. The percentage of individuals identifying with two or more races declined from 1.76% to 0.96%. The representation of Hispanics, which was 1.91% in 2000, was not reported in 2010. Similarly, there was a new appearance in 2010 of individuals identifying as Black at 0.96%, while there was no change for American Indian and Alaskan Native representation during this period.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.75%	96.63%	0.92%
Two or More Races	1.76%	0.96%	-45.45%
Black	0%	0.96%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0.8%	0%
Hispanic	1.91%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%