How common is the surname McClung?

9,456 people in the United States had the surname McClung in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 32,651 Americans. It ranked 3,746th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named McClung?

Mac McClung, American basketball player (born 1999).

Where is the surname McClung most common?

Wikidata records people named McClung in the United States.

Is the surname McClung getting more or less common?

More common. 9,185 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,456 in 2010, up 3.0%.

The surname McClung

A Scottish Gaelic patronymic surname, carried by 9,456 people in the United States.

2 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). McClung is more common than 97.7% of them.

Origin

Scottish Gaelic origin

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Luinge (“son of Lunge”), a personal name probably meaning "seafarer".

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

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 9,456 people named McClung in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 32,651 Americans. That is up 3.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,185.

#3,746

rank among US surnames

9,456

people in 2010

3.2

per 100,000 Americans

+3%

change since 2000 (was #3,551)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,737	Guest	9,483	32,558
#3,738	Vaught	9,476	32,582
#3,739	Close	9,474	32,589
#3,740	Feeney	9,473	32,592
#3,741	Smyth	9,470	32,602
#3,742	Sibley	9,467	32,613
#3,743	Fairbanks	9,466	32,616

Who is named McClung

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

89% of people named McClung identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 89%
Black (not Hispanic) 5.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 2.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous McClungs

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Mac McClung
American basketball player (born 1999)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like McClung

McClung 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 McClung come from?: Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Luinge (“son of Lunge”), a personal name probably meaning "seafarer".
How common is the surname McClung?: 9,456 people in the United States had the surname McClung in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 32,651 Americans. It ranked 3,746th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname McClung?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named McClung identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named McClung?: Mac McClung, American basketball player (born 1999).
Where is the surname McClung most common?: Wikidata records people named McClung in the United States.
What type of surname is McClung?: McClung is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname McClung getting more or less common?: More common. 9,185 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,456 in 2010, up 3.0%.