# McCloskey (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/mccloskey/  
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 | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 10,756 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,336 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 28,704 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.6% (10,582 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /məˈklɒski/, 3 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Irish Mac Bhloscaidh.

## Who carries it

Share of people named McCloskey 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) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named McCloskey in the United States.

## People named McCloskey

- Deirdre McCloskey, American economist & academic
- Leigh McCloskey, American actor, artist and writer
- Jack McCloskey, American basketball player and coach (1925–2017)
- Pete McCloskey, American politician (1927–2024)

## Similar surnames

McCluskey, McCleskey, McClaskey, McClusky, McCalister, McCollister, McClish, McLaughlin, McCullough, McAllister, Michaels, McAlister.

## 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.