How common is the surname McClaskey?

1,417 people in the United States had the surname McClaskey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 217,887 Americans. It ranked 19,166th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname McClaskey getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,454 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,417 in 2010, down 2.5%.

The surname McClaskey

An Irish surname, carried by 1,417 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex M242

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McClaskey is more common than 88.2% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Variant of McCloskey.

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 1,417 people named McClaskey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 217,887 Americans. That is down 2.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,454.

#19,166

rank among US surnames

1,417

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-2.5%

change since 2000 (was #17,763)

Who is named McClaskey

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

95% of people named McClaskey identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as two or more races and 1.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Two or more races 1.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like McClaskey

McClaskey has the Soundex code M242, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M242.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname McClaskey come from?: Variant of McCloskey.
How common is the surname McClaskey?: 1,417 people in the United States had the surname McClaskey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 217,887 Americans. It ranked 19,166th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname McClaskey?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named McClaskey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as two or more races.
Is the surname McClaskey getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,454 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,417 in 2010, down 2.5%.