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    The surname McClain

    A surname, carried by 48,165 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M245

    McClain: #722 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon McClain #722, 48,165 people McClain: #722 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez McClain #722, 48,165 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McClain is more common than 99.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 48,165 people named McClain in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 6,410 Americans. That is up 5.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 45,560.

    #722
    rank among US surnames
    48,165
    people in 2010
    16
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.7%
    change since 2000 (was #688)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #713Wiley48,7206,337
    #714Gilmore48,7196,337
    #715Russo48,6966,340
    #716Villegas48,5996,353
    #717Hobbs48,5226,363
    #718Keith48,4876,368
    #719Wilkerson48,4446,373

    Who is named McClain

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

    61% of people named McClain identified as white (not Hispanic), 33% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 61%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 33%
    • Two or more races 2.6%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous McClains

    9 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • China Anne McClain
      American actress and singer (born 1998)
    • Anne McClain
      American astronaut, born 1979
    • Katrina McClain
      American basketball player (born 1965)
    • Lisa McClain
      American politician (born 1966)
    • Cady McClain
      American actress, born 1969
    • Dave McClain
      American drummer, born 1965
    • Ted McClain
      American basketball player, born 1946
    • April McClain-Delaney
      American politician, born 1964
    • Isaiah Rashad
      American rapper from Tennessee, born 1991

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like McClain

    McClain 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 McClain?
    48,165 people in the United States had the surname McClain in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 6,410 Americans. It ranked 722nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname McClain?
    In the 2010 Census, 61% of people named McClain identified as white (not Hispanic), and 33% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named McClain?
    China Anne McClain, American actress and singer (born 1998), followed by Anne McClain.
    Where is the surname McClain most common?
    Wikidata records people named McClain in the United States.
    Is the surname McClain getting more or less common?
    More common. 45,560 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 48,165 in 2010, up 5.7%.