How common is the surname McClintock?

9,141 people in the United States had the surname McClintock in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 33,776 Americans. It ranked 3,879th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named McClintock?

Barbara McClintock, American scientist and cytogeneticist, followed by Eddie McClintock.

Where is the surname McClintock most common?

Wikidata records people named McClintock in the United States.

How do you pronounce McClintock?

McClintock is /məˈklɪnˌtɑk/, 3 syllables.

Is the surname McClintock getting more or less common?

More common. 8,906 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,141 in 2010, up 2.6%.

The surname McClintock

An Irish occupational surname, carried by 9,141 people in the United States.

Pronounced /məˈklɪnˌtɑk/ 3 syllables Soundex M245

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McClintock is more common than 97.6% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Giolla Fhionntóg and Scottish Gaelic Mac Gille Fhionndaig (“son of the servant of (Saint) Finndag”), a personal name derived from fionn (“white”).

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

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 9,141 people named McClintock in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 33,776 Americans. That is up 2.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,906.

#3,879

rank among US surnames

9,141

people in 2010

3.1

per 100,000 Americans

+2.6%

change since 2000 (was #3,666)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,870	Bittner	9,163	33,695
#3,871	Soliz	9,159	33,710
#3,872	Runyon	9,153	33,732
#3,873	Pitt	9,151	33,739
#3,874	Ainsworth	9,149	33,746
#3,876	Calkins	9,146	33,757
#3,877	Gaddis	9,142	33,772

Who is named McClintock

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

91% of people named McClintock identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous McClintocks

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Barbara McClintock
American scientist and cytogeneticist, 1902–1992
Eddie McClintock
American actor, born 1967
Elizabeth May McClintock
American botanist (1912-2004)
Dan McClintock
American basketball player (born 1977)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like McClintock

McClintock has the Soundex code M245, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M245.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname McClintock come from?: Anglicized form of Irish Mac Giolla Fhionntóg and Scottish Gaelic Mac Gille Fhionndaig (“son of the servant of (Saint) Finndag”), a personal name derived from fionn (“white”).
How common is the surname McClintock?: 9,141 people in the United States had the surname McClintock in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 33,776 Americans. It ranked 3,879th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname McClintock?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named McClintock identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named McClintock?: Barbara McClintock, American scientist and cytogeneticist, followed by Eddie McClintock.
Where is the surname McClintock most common?: Wikidata records people named McClintock in the United States.
How do you pronounce McClintock?: McClintock is /məˈklɪnˌtɑk/, 3 syllables.
What type of surname is McClintock?: McClintock is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname McClintock getting more or less common?: More common. 8,906 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,141 in 2010, up 2.6%.