How common is the surname Macleod?

7,886 people in the United States had the surname Macleod in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 39,151 Americans. It ranked 4,495th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Macleod?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Macleod identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Macleod?

Kevin MacLeod, American composer and music producer (born 1972), followed by Gavin MacLeod.

Where is the surname Macleod most common?

Wikidata records people named Macleod in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

How do you pronounce Macleod?

Macleod is /məˈklaʊd/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Macleod getting more or less common?

More common. 7,542 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,886 in 2010, up 4.6%.

The surname Macleod

An Irish surname, carried by 7,886 people in the United States.

Pronounced /məˈklaʊd/ 2 syllables Soundex M243

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Macleod is more common than 97.2% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Anglicization of various Irish or Scottish Gaelic surnames. In Canada, the surname is also used as a common Anglicization of Cree ᒪᐦᑭᔪᐠ (mahkiyok, “the big one”) according to records of Scottish missionaries. * (town in Alberta): see entry for Fort Macleod.

One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,886 people named Macleod in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 39,151 Americans. That is up 4.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,542.

#4,495

rank among US surnames

7,886

people in 2010

2.7

per 100,000 Americans

+4.6%

change since 2000 (was #4,353)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,489	Eaves	7,902	39,072
#4,491	Picard	7,898	39,092
#4,492	Roller	7,894	39,111
#4,495	Macleod	7,886	39,151
#4,496	Meister	7,885	39,156

Who is named Macleod

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

94% of people named Macleod identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Macleods

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Kevin MacLeod
American composer and music producer (born 1972)
Gavin MacLeod
American actor (1931–2021)
Kathleen MacLeod
Australian basketball player (born 1986)
Henry Dunning Macleod
British economist (1821-1902)
John MacLeod
American basketball coach (1937–2019)

Notable Macleods come mostly from the United States (3), Australia (1) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Mcleod

Surnames that sound like Macleod

Macleod has the Soundex code M243, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M243.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Macleod come from?: Anglicization of various Irish or Scottish Gaelic surnames. In Canada, the surname is also used as a common Anglicization of Cree ᒪᐦᑭᔪᐠ (mahkiyok, “the big one”) according to records of Scottish missionaries. * (town in Alberta): see entry for Fort Macleod.
How common is the surname Macleod?: 7,886 people in the United States had the surname Macleod in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 39,151 Americans. It ranked 4,495th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Macleod?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Macleod identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Macleod?: Kevin MacLeod, American composer and music producer (born 1972), followed by Gavin MacLeod.
Where is the surname Macleod most common?: Wikidata records people named Macleod in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
How do you pronounce Macleod?: Macleod is /məˈklaʊd/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Macleod getting more or less common?: More common. 7,542 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,886 in 2010, up 4.6%.
What are other spellings of Macleod?: Mcleod.