The McCants surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,270 people carried this name — #5,542 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 46,900 people counted. That is up 12% from 5,602 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the McCants surname

Variant of McCance.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «McCants» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In print

McCants in American newspapers,
1886–1920.

Newspaper page from The Elbert County Tribune carrying the name McCants
The Elbert County Tribune 1920-03-05
Newspaper page from Sacramento Daily Record-union carrying the name McCants
Sacramento Daily Record-union 1886-02-27
Newspaper page from Franklin's Paper The Statesman carrying the name McCants
Franklin's Paper The Statesman 1909-06-19

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 5,263 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named McCants,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Keith McCants 1968–2021 · American football player
  • Allen McCants 1875–1953 · American football player

Wikidata (CC0).

In the public record

People named McCants,
in the records of the United States.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States81 records

81 records of the McCants name in the United States
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 47
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 18
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 9
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 3
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Alfred Frazier McCants

    Born 1931; from Fallbrook, California. U.S. Marine Corps, infantry unit leader; killed in action 1968 in Quang Ngai, South Vietnam. Buried at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Bennie T. McCants

    Born 1922 in Florida. Enlisted 1940 at Jacksonville; telegraph operator from Hillsborough County.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Harvey Learned McCants

    U.S. Army veteran of World War II. Born 1919, died 2001; buried at Alta Cemetery District, Dinuba, California.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 81 records for McCants in the United States.

Counts: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

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