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    The surname McCloud

    A patronymic surname, carried by 15,783 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M243

    McCloud: #2,313 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon McCloud #2,313, 15,783 people McCloud: #2,313 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez McCloud #2,313, 15,783 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McCloud is more common than 98.6% of them.

    Origin

    Anglicized variant of Scottish Gaelic MacLeòid, itself meaning "son of Leòd", derived from Old Norse Ljótr (“ugly”).

    McCloud is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 15,783 people named McCloud in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 19,562 Americans. That is up 4.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 15,125.

    #2,313
    rank among US surnames
    15,783
    people in 2010
    5.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.4%
    change since 2000 (was #2,204)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,304Hutson15,83519,498
    #2,305Aponte15,82819,506
    #2,306Jolly15,82719,508
    #2,307Stauffer15,82119,515
    #2,308Goodson15,82019,516
    #2,309Boston15,81419,524
    #2,310Scruggs15,80819,531

    Who is named McCloud

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

    51% of people named McCloud identified as white (not Hispanic), 41% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

    • White (not Hispanic) 51%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 41%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 2.6%
    • Two or more races 2.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous McClouds

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Scott McCloud
      American cartoonist and comics theorist (b. 1960)
    • George McCloud
      American basketball player (born 1967)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like McCloud

    McCloud has the Soundex code M243, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M243.

    Questions

    Where does the surname McCloud come from?
    Anglicized variant of Scottish Gaelic MacLeòid, itself meaning "son of Leòd", derived from Old Norse Ljótr (“ugly”).
    How common is the surname McCloud?
    15,783 people in the United States had the surname McCloud in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 19,562 Americans. It ranked 2,313th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname McCloud?
    In the 2010 Census, 51% of people named McCloud identified as white (not Hispanic), and 41% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named McCloud?
    Scott McCloud, American cartoonist and comics theorist (b. 1960), followed by George McCloud.
    Where is the surname McCloud most common?
    Wikidata records people named McCloud in the United States.
    What type of surname is McCloud?
    McCloud is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname McCloud getting more or less common?
    More common. 15,125 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 15,783 in 2010, up 4.4%.