How common is the surname McCleery?

1,782 people in the United States had the surname McCleery in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 173,258 Americans. It ranked 16,203rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname McCleery?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named McCleery identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname McCleery getting more or less common?

More common. 1,757 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,782 in 2010, up 1.4%.

The surname McCleery

An Irish surname, carried by 1,782 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex M246

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McCleery is more common than 90% 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 1,782 people named McCleery in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 173,258 Americans. That is up 1.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,757.

#16,203

rank among US surnames

1,782

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+1.4%

change since 2000 (was #15,350)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,195	Pincus	1,783	173,161
#16,203	Hallum	1,782	173,258

Who is named McCleery

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

95% of people named McCleery identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like McCleery

McCleery 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 McCleery come from?: Variant of McCleary.
How common is the surname McCleery?: 1,782 people in the United States had the surname McCleery in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 173,258 Americans. It ranked 16,203rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname McCleery?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named McCleery identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname McCleery getting more or less common?: More common. 1,757 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,782 in 2010, up 1.4%.