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    The surname McClary

    An Irish surname, carried by 6,070 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex M246

    McClary: #5,713 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer McClary #5,713, 6,070 people McClary: #5,713 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez McClary #5,713, 6,070 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McClary is more common than 96.5% of them.

    Origin

    Irish origin

    Variant of McCleary.

    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 6,070 people named McClary in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 50,864 Americans. That is up 8.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,622.

    #5,713
    rank among US surnames
    6,070
    people in 2010
    2.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +8%
    change since 2000 (was #5,659)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,708Mayers6,07650,814
    #5,709Paschal6,07550,822
    #5,711Lavelle6,07450,831
    #5,713McClary6,07050,864
    #5,715Sonnier6,06850,881

    Who is named McClary

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

    56% of people named McClary identified as white (not Hispanic), 39% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 56%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 39%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous McClarys

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Susan McClary
      American musicologist, born 1946

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like McClary

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

    Other Irish surnames

    All 880 Irish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname McClary come from?
    Variant of McCleary.
    How common is the surname McClary?
    6,070 people in the United States had the surname McClary in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 50,864 Americans. It ranked 5,713th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname McClary?
    In the 2010 Census, 56% of people named McClary identified as white (not Hispanic), and 39% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named McClary?
    Susan McClary, American musicologist.
    Where is the surname McClary most common?
    Wikidata records people named McClary in the United States.
    Is the surname McClary getting more or less common?
    More common. 5,622 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,070 in 2010, up 8.0%.