McCreary
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editAnglicized form of Scottish Gaelic and Irish Mac Ruaidhrí (“son of Ruaidhrí”), a personal name composed of the elements ruadh (“red”) + rí (“king”).
Proper noun
editMcCreary (countable and uncountable, plural McCrearys)
- A surname.
- A municipality of Manitoba, Canada.
Derived terms
editStatistics
edit- According to the 2010 United States Census, McCreary is the 4285th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 8298 individuals. McCreary is most common among White (73.92%) and Black/African American (20.17%) individuals.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “McCreary”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 549.
Categories:
- English terms derived from Scottish Gaelic
- English terms derived from Irish
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- English surnames
- en:Municipalities of Canada
- en:Places in Manitoba
- en:Places in Canada
- English surnames from Irish
- English surnames from Scottish Gaelic