The McCown surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,000 people carried this name — #6,744 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 58,800 people counted. That is up 3% from 4,852 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the McCown surname
Variant of McCowan or McCune.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «McCown» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In the first U.S. census, 1790
43 families named McCown, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.
Each family is counted by its head. About 243 people lived in those households, 5.7 to a family on average. The census counted these spellings together: McCown, McCoun, McCowan, McCowen, McCowin, McKowan, McKowen, McKown, McOwen, Mcown. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.
Families, by state
U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 252 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.
In print
McCown in American newspapers,
1857–1918.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 15,282 pages in all carry the name.
In print
McCown in Australian newspapers,
1910s–1960s.
115 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss McCown. The most, 46, date from the 1930s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Queensland, at 2.1 times its expected share.
Articles, by state
Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss McCown.
Who carried it
People named McCown,
with a public archive behind them.
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John P. McCown 1815–1879 · military personnel -
James McCown 1817–1867 · military officer -
Theodore D. McCown 1908–1969 · paleoanthropologist
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Hale McCown 1914–2005
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Hal D. McCown 1916–1999 · military personnel
Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0.
In the public record
People named McCown,
in the records of 2 countries.
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 States294 records
- U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 185
- U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 81
- Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 10
- New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 6
- U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 5
- Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 4
- U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
- New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 1
- U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
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Example: U.S. registration card, 1942 Military record Albert Ann McCownBorn 1914 in Texas. Enlisted 1943 at Fort Sam Houston; farm hand from San Patricio County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1993, buried at San Patmicio Cemetery, Canyon Lake, Texas.
U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: U.S. war memorial War record Robert Dewayne McCownBorn 1947; from Chillicothe, Missouri. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1966 in South Vietnam.
U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) -
Example: passenger manifest, 1903 Passenger record Mary McCownArrived at New York in 1846 aboard the Meteor from Liverpool, aged 22; laborer. From Ireland.
U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain)
Showing 3 of 294 records for McCown in the United States.
Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).
Australia2 records
- Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 1
- Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 1
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Example: probate petition, 1848 Probate record Albert George McCownPlanter of Levuka, Fiji; died 1962.
Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
Showing 1 of 2 records for McCown in Australia.
Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to McCown.
- McCord 17,875 · U.S. census
- McCorkle 8,529 · U.S. census
- McCormack 17,449 · U.S. census
- McCormick 63,649 · U.S. census
- McCourt 4,206 · U.S. census
- McCowan 4,510 · U.S. census
- McCoy 110,744 · U.S. census
- McCracken 19,287 · U.S. census
- McCrary 12,204 · U.S. census
- McCraw 5,561 · U.S. census
- McCray 28,024 · U.S. census
- McCrea 6,320 · U.S. census
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