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The surname McClean

A surname, carried by 3,183 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M245

McClean: #10,125 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer McClean #10,125, 3,183 people McClean: #10,125 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez McClean #10,125, 3,183 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McClean is more common than 93.8% of them.

Origin

Variant of McLean.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,183 people named McClean in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 96,998 Americans. That is up 6.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,994.

#10,125
rank among US surnames
3,183
people in 2010
1.1
per 100,000 Americans
+6.3%
change since 2000 (was #9,939)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#10,119Hilt3,18596,937
#10,122Ludwick3,18496,968
#10,125Bodden3,18396,998
#10,132Parmenter3,18297,029

Who is named McClean

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

59% of people named McClean identified as white (not Hispanic), 33% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 59%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 33%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.8%
  • Two or more races 2.9%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Surnames that sound like McClean

McClean 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 McClean come from?
Variant of McLean.
How common is the surname McClean?
3,183 people in the United States had the surname McClean in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 96,998 Americans. It ranked 10,125th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname McClean?
In the 2010 Census, 59% of people named McClean identified as white (not Hispanic), and 33% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname McClean getting more or less common?
More common. 2,994 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,183 in 2010, up 6.3%.
What are other spellings of McClean?
Macclean, Maclean and Clean.