# McClinton (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/mcclinton/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Irish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Irish |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 5,816 |
| US rank (2010) | 5,925 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 53,086 people |
| Change since 2000 | +8.3% (5,368 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Giolla Fhionntáin (“son of the servant of (Saint) Fintán”), a personal name which derives from a hypocoristic form of fionn (“white”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named McClinton in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 20% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 74% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.1% |
| Two or more races | 3.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named McClinton in the United States.

## People named McClinton

- Delbert McClinton, American blues rock and electric blues singer-songwriter, guitarist, harmonica player, and
- Barbara McClintock, American scientist and cytogeneticist
- Willie Mack, American professional wrestler

## Similar surnames

McClendon, McClain, McLain, McClanahan, McClung, McClintock, McLendon, McClean, McLin, McClintic, McCluney, McClaine.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.