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    The surname McClish

    A surname, carried by 1,249 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M242

    McClish: #21,048 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer McClish #21,048, 1,249 people McClish: #21,048 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez McClish #21,048, 1,249 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McClish is more common than 87% of them.

    Origin

    Variant of McLeish.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,249 people named McClish in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 247,194 Americans. That is up 4.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,191.

    #21,048
    rank among US surnames
    1,249
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.9%
    change since 2000 (was #20,654)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #21,048Zartman1,249247,194
    #21,057Breyer1,248247,392

    Who is named McClish

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

    84% of people named McClish identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 84%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 8.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like McClish

    McClish has the Soundex code M242, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M242.

    Questions

    Where does the surname McClish come from?
    Variant of McLeish.
    How common is the surname McClish?
    1,249 people in the United States had the surname McClish in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 247,194 Americans. It ranked 21,048th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname McClish?
    In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named McClish identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname McClish getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,191 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,249 in 2010, up 4.9%.