# McClure (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/mcclure/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 47,742 |
| US rank (2010) | 731 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 6,467 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.7% (46,505 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /məˈklʊəɹ/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Gille Uidhir and Irish Mac Giolla Uidhir (“son of the dun lad”), from Mac + gille + uidhir, obsolete form of odhar (“dun; dark”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named McClure 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) | 85% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 9.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named McClure in the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named McClure

- Doug McClure, American actor (1935–1995)
- Vicky McClure, British actress (born 1983)
- Marc McClure, American actor
- Michael McClure, American writer (1932–2020)
- Wilbert McClure, American boxer (1938-2020)
- James A. McClure, American attorney, Idaho State Senator and U.S. Senator for the State of Idaho (1924-2011)
- Tané McClure, American actress/singer
- Ron McClure, American jazz bassist
- James McClure, American table tennis player
- Dave McClure, American businessman
- Bryton James, American actor and singer

## Similar surnames

McCleary, McClary, McCullar, McCleery, McClory, McLaurin, McLaren, McClurg, McCullers, McClaran, McClurkin, McElroy.

## 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.