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    The surname McClaran

    A Scottish Gaelic surname, carried by 1,057 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex M246

    McClaran: #23,881 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon McClaran #23,881, 1,057 people McClaran: #23,881 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez McClaran #23,881, 1,057 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McClaran is more common than 85.3% of them.

    Origin

    Scottish Gaelic origin

    Variant of McLaren.

    One of 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,057 people named McClaran in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 292,096 Americans. That is up 53% since 2000, when the Census counted 693.

    #23,881
    rank among US surnames
    1,057
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +52.5%
    change since 2000 (was #31,563)

    Who is named McClaran

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

    85% of people named McClaran identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.6% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 85%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 9.6%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like McClaran

    McClaran has the Soundex code M246, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M246.

    Other Scottish Gaelic surnames

    All 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname McClaran come from?
    Variant of McLaren.
    How common is the surname McClaran?
    1,057 people in the United States had the surname McClaran in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 292,096 Americans. It ranked 23,881st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname McClaran?
    In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named McClaran identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname McClaran getting more or less common?
    More common. 693 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,057 in 2010, up 53%.