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    The surname McClellan

    An occupational surname, carried by 26,060 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /məˈklɛlən/ 3 syllables Soundex M244

    McClellan: #1,356 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon McClellan #1,356, 26,060 people McClellan: #1,356 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez McClellan #1,356, 26,060 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McClellan is more common than 99.2% of them.

    Origin

    Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Gille Fhaolain and Irish Mac Giolla Fhaoláin (“son of the servant of Faolán”), a personal name thought to be a diminutive of Irish faol (“wolf”). Compare the surname Gilliland.

    McClellan is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 26,060 people named McClellan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 11,847 Americans. That is up 4.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 24,986.

    #1,356
    rank among US surnames
    26,060
    people in 2010
    8.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.3%
    change since 2000 (was #1,294)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #1,347Granados26,18711,790
    #1,348Rossi26,18311,792
    #1,349Goss26,17911,794
    #1,350Lott26,17411,796
    #1,351Leyva26,15311,805
    #1,352Hinojosa26,14611,809
    #1,353Gil26,11211,824

    Who is named McClellan

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

    81% of people named McClellan identified as white (not Hispanic), 14% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 81%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 14%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 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 McClellan

    McClellan has the Soundex code M244, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M244.

    Questions

    Where does the surname McClellan come from?
    Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Gille Fhaolain and Irish Mac Giolla Fhaoláin (“son of the servant of Faolán”), a personal name thought to be a diminutive of Irish faol (“wolf”). Compare the surname Gilliland.
    How common is the surname McClellan?
    26,060 people in the United States had the surname McClellan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 11,847 Americans. It ranked 1,356th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname McClellan?
    In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named McClellan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 14% as Black (not Hispanic).
    How do you pronounce McClellan?
    McClellan is /məˈklɛlən/, 3 syllables.
    What type of surname is McClellan?
    McClellan is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname McClellan getting more or less common?
    More common. 24,986 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 26,060 in 2010, up 4.3%.