The McCrary surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 12,204 people carried this name — #2,937 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 24,200 people counted. That is up 4% from 11,782 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the McCrary surname
Variant of McCreary.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «McCrary» (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
In 1790, McCrary was counted together with McCreary: 37 families in all.
Each family is counted by its head. About 277 people lived in those households, 7.5 to a family on average. The census counted these spellings together: McCreary, McCrary, McCrearea, McCrearey, McCreery, McCrery, McReary, McRreary. 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
McCrary in American newspapers,
1920–1922.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 30,113 pages in all carry the name.
In print
McCrary in Australian newspapers,
1930s–1950s.
39 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss McCrary. The most, 16, date from the 1950s.
Articles, by state
Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss McCrary.
Who carried it
People named McCrary,
with a public archive behind them.
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George W. McCrary 1835–1890 · politician -
Herdis McCrary 1904–1981 · American football player
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Tex McCrary 1910–2003 · radio personality
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Greg McCrary 1952–2013 · American football player
Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0.
In the public record
People named McCrary,
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 States645 records
- U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 432
- U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 165
- New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 15
- U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 10
- New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 9
- Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 5
- U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 4
- Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 3
- Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 1
- U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
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Example: U.S. registration card, 1942 Military record John L. McCraryBorn 1917 in North Carolina. Enlisted 1942 at Camp Croft, South Carolina; shoemaker. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1991, buried at Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Hendersonville, North Carolina.
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 Douglas Macarthur McCraryBorn 1942; from Greenville, South Carolina. U.S. Army, infantry unit commander; killed in action 1967 in Binh Dinh, South Vietnam.
U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) -
Example: passenger manifest, 1903 Passenger record Patrick McCraryArrived at New York in 1847 aboard the Elizabeth Denison from Liverpool, aged 24; tailor. From Ireland.
U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain)
Showing 3 of 645 records for McCrary in the United States.
Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain). 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
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Example: passenger manifest, 1903 Passenger record Wm McCraryArrived in Victoria in 1854 aboard the Golden Era, aged 21; Irish.
Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) -
Example: passenger manifest, 1903 Passenger record James McCraryArrived in Victoria in 1905 aboard the Suevic, aged 46.
Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to McCrary.
- McCorkle 8,529 · U.S. census
- McCormack 17,449 · U.S. census
- McCormick 63,649 · U.S. census
- McCown 5,000 · U.S. census
- McCoy 110,744 · U.S. census
- McCracken 19,287 · U.S. census
- McCraw 5,561 · U.S. census
- McCray 28,024 · U.S. census
- McCrea 6,320 · U.S. census
- McCreary 8,298 · U.S. census
- McCrory 5,689 · U.S. census
- McCue 8,250 · U.S. census
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