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    The surname Maclennan

    A surname, carried by 1,290 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex M245

    Maclennan: #20,553 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Maclennan #20,553, 1,290 people Maclennan: #20,553 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Maclennan #20,553, 1,290 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Maclennan is more common than 87.3% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,290 people named Maclennan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 239,338 Americans. That is up 7.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,201.

    #20,553
    rank among US surnames
    1,290
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +7.4%
    change since 2000 (was #20,528)

    Who is named Maclennan

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    93% of people named Maclennan identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.0% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Maclennan

    Maclennan has the Soundex code M245, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M245.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Maclennan?
    1,290 people in the United States had the surname Maclennan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 239,338 Americans. It ranked 20,553rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Maclennan?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Maclennan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Maclennan getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,201 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,290 in 2010, up 7.4%.