McCrea

English

Alternative forms

• Macrea

Etymology

Variant of McRae.

Pronunciation

• (Canada, General American) IPA^(key): /mɪkˈkreɪ/

Proper noun

McCrea (countable and uncountable, plural McCreas)

1. A Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic.
2. An unincorporated community in Point Coupee Parish, Louisiana, United States.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, McCrea is the 5504^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 6320 individuals. McCrea is most common among White (66.58%) and Black/African American (27.86%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “McCrea”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 549.