Explore the Family Name Mccurley

The meaning of Mccurley

Scottish and Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Thoirdhealbhaigh, a patronymic from Toirdhealbhach (Irish) or Tearlach (Scottish), a personal name meaning ‘Thor-like’ or ‘tower-like’. Compare Turley, which is from the unlenited form. In Scotland, the Gaelic personal name Tearlach is traditionally translated into English as Charlie or Charles.

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

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Mccurley saw a slight decline in rank between 2000 and 2010, dropping from 11,329th to 11,753rd, a change of -3.74 percent. However, the actual count of individuals bearing this surname increased by 4.18 percent from 2,558 in 2000 to 2,665 in 2010. The proportion per 100,000 people also decreased slightly, by -5.26 percent.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#11,329	#11,753	-3.74%
Count	2,558	2,665	4.18%
Proportion per 100k	0.95	0.9	-5.26%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Mccurley

In terms of ethnic identity, the data from the Decennial U.S. Census shows some shifts within the Mccurley population between 2000 and 2010. While the majority of Mccurleys identified as White (90.81 percent in 2010), there was a small decrease from 92.53 percent in 2000. The Hispanic population within the Mccurley group saw the most substantial increase, jumping from 1.25 percent in 2000 to 2.63 percent in 2010, an increase of 110.40 percent. There was also a slight increase in the number of Mccurleys identifying with two or more races and those who identify as Black. However, the Asian/Pacific Islander and American Indian and Alaskan Native populations decreased slightly.

	2000	2010	Change
White	92.53%	90.81%	-1.86%
Black	2.66%	2.89%	8.65%
Hispanic	1.25%	2.63%	110.4%
Two or More Races	1.76%	2.18%	23.86%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	1.09%	0.83%	-23.85%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.7%	0.68%	-2.86%