McCreary

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): McCrary, McCreery, McCrery

Etymology

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic and Irish Mac Ruaidhrí (“son of Ruaidhrí”), a personal name composed of the elements ruadh (“red”) + rí (“king”).

Proper noun

McCreary (countable and uncountable, plural McCrearys)

1. A surname.
2. A municipality of Manitoba, Canada.

Derived terms

• McCreary County

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, McCreary is the 4285^th 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

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