McCraney

surname · Latin script

Meaning: Variant of Irish Mac Cranny, an Anglicized form of a Gaelic patronymic, possibly Mac Bhranaigh ‘son of Branach', a personal name derived from bran ‘raven’

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/məˈkɹæni/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

McCraney is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Pakistan than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 165K(measured from records)
  • PKPakistan≈1 in 82K
  • IEIreland≈1 in 118K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Pakistan (inferred from the name graph)

≈2,800 people, est.

Sources
251 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 82K (inferred from the name graph)

Pakistan, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Variant of Irish Mac Cranny, an Anglicized form of a Gaelic patronymic, possibly Mac Bhranaigh ‘son of Branach', a personal name derived from bran ‘raven’.

Sources 1

  • Dictionary of American Family Names

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

McCraney counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where McCraney is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
PK Pakistan≈2,800 est.≈1 in 82K—McCraney1
US United States2,0151 in 165K2KMcCraney251
CA Canada≈210 est.≈1 in 181K—McCraney32
GB United Kingdom≈160 est.≈1 in 421K—McCraney14
IT Italy≈78 est.≈1 in 796K—McCraney1
CU Cuba≈71 est.≈1 in 155K—McCraney1
IE Ireland≈44 est.≈1 in 118K—McCraney1
NZ New Zealand≈38 est.≈1 in 131K—McCraney1

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

175018001850190019502000Thomas McCraney, b. 1791William McCraney, b. 1831Daniel McCraney, b. 1834George Ewan McCraney, b. 1868Thomas F. McCran, b. 1875Tarell Alvin McCraney, b. 1980

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Mccraney,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 7 sources across 1 country.

Official registers attesting McCraney
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 201020102K#14,748
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 200020001.9K#14,539
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 202020201.8K#15,443
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 3

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name McCraney mean, and where does it come from?
Variant of Irish Mac Cranny, an Anglicized form of a Gaelic patronymic, possibly Mac Bhranaigh ‘son of Branach', a personal name derived from bran ‘raven’. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
How do you pronounce McCraney?
A machine transcription gives /məˈkɹæni/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does McCraney have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 2.8 thousand people named McCraney in Pakistan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled McCraney.
How common is the name McCraney?
In the United States, the national register counted 2,015 people named McCraney in 2010, about 1 in 165 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “McCraney”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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