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    The surname McClane

    A surname, carried by 1,040 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M245

    McClane: #24,174 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon McClane #24,174, 1,040 people McClane: #24,174 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez McClane #24,174, 1,040 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McClane is more common than 85.1% of them.

    Origin

    Variant of McLean.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,040 people named McClane in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 296,871 Americans. That is down 1.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,058.

    #24,174
    rank among US surnames
    1,040
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    -1.7%
    change since 2000 (was #22,670)

    Who is named McClane

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

    85% of people named McClane identified as white (not Hispanic), 10% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 85%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 10%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like McClane

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

    Questions

    Where does the surname McClane come from?
    Variant of McLean.
    How common is the surname McClane?
    1,040 people in the United States had the surname McClane in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 296,871 Americans. It ranked 24,174th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname McClane?
    In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named McClane identified as white (not Hispanic), and 10% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname McClane getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,058 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,040 in 2010, down 1.7%.