How common is the surname McCluney?

1,116 people in the United States had the surname McCluney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 276,654 Americans. It ranked 22,924th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname McCluney getting more or less common?

More common. 1,062 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,116 in 2010, up 5.1%.

The surname McCluney

A Scottish Gaelic surname, carried by 1,116 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex M245

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McCluney is more common than 85.9% of them.

Origin

Scottish Gaelic origin

Variant of McClung.

One of 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,116 people named McCluney in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 276,654 Americans. That is up 5.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,062.

#22,924

rank among US surnames

1,116

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+5.1%

change since 2000 (was #22,591)

Who is named McCluney

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

57% of people named McCluney identified as Black (not Hispanic), 40% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Black (not Hispanic) 57%
White (not Hispanic) 40%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
Two or more races 1.3%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like McCluney

McCluney has the Soundex code M245, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M245.

Other Scottish Gaelic surnames

All 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames

Questions

Where does the surname McCluney come from?: Variant of McClung.
How common is the surname McCluney?: 1,116 people in the United States had the surname McCluney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 276,654 Americans. It ranked 22,924th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname McCluney?: In the 2010 Census, 57% of people named McCluney identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 40% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname McCluney getting more or less common?: More common. 1,062 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,116 in 2010, up 5.1%.