How common is the surname McCloskey?

10,756 people in the United States had the surname McCloskey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 28,704 Americans. It ranked 3,336th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname McCloskey?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named McCloskey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named McCloskey?

Deirdre McCloskey, American economist & academic, followed by Leigh McCloskey.

Where is the surname McCloskey most common?

Wikidata records people named McCloskey in the United States.

How do you pronounce McCloskey?

McCloskey is /məˈklɒski/, 3 syllables.

Is the surname McCloskey getting more or less common?

More common. 10,582 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,756 in 2010, up 1.6%.

The surname McCloskey

An Irish surname, carried by 10,756 people in the United States.

Pronounced /məˈklɒski/ 3 syllables Soundex M242

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McCloskey is more common than 97.9% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

From Irish Mac Bhloscaidh.

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 10,756 people named McCloskey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 28,704 Americans. That is up 1.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 10,582.

#3,336

rank among US surnames

10,756

people in 2010

3.6

per 100,000 Americans

+1.6%

change since 2000 (was #3,132)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,328	Danner	10,786	28,625
#3,329	Gatlin	10,785	28,627
#3,330	Dunning	10,784	28,630
#3,331	Salcido	10,776	28,651
#3,332	Wilde	10,766	28,678
#3,333	Somers	10,762	28,688
#3,334	Delagarza	10,759	28,696

Who is named McCloskey

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

94% of people named McCloskey identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.5%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous McCloskeys

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Deirdre McCloskey
American economist & academic, born 1942
Leigh McCloskey
American actor, artist and writer, born 1955
Jack McCloskey
American basketball player and coach (1925–2017)
Pete McCloskey
American politician (1927–2024)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like McCloskey

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

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname McCloskey come from?: From Irish Mac Bhloscaidh.
How common is the surname McCloskey?: 10,756 people in the United States had the surname McCloskey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 28,704 Americans. It ranked 3,336th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname McCloskey?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named McCloskey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named McCloskey?: Deirdre McCloskey, American economist & academic, followed by Leigh McCloskey.
Where is the surname McCloskey most common?: Wikidata records people named McCloskey in the United States.
How do you pronounce McCloskey?: McCloskey is /məˈklɒski/, 3 syllables.
Is the surname McCloskey getting more or less common?: More common. 10,582 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,756 in 2010, up 1.6%.