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    The surname McCluskey

    An Irish surname, carried by 6,301 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex M242

    McCluskey: #5,518 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer McCluskey #5,518, 6,301 people McCluskey: #5,518 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez McCluskey #5,518, 6,301 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McCluskey is more common than 96.6% of them.

    Origin

    Irish origin

    See McCloskey.

    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 6,301 people named McCluskey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 48,999 Americans. That is up 4.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,050.

    #5,518
    rank among US surnames
    6,301
    people in 2010
    2.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.1%
    change since 2000 (was #5,297)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,513Morehouse6,30948,937
    #5,514Kocher6,30848,945
    #5,516Musselman6,30648,961
    #5,518Runyan6,30148,999

    Who is named McCluskey

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

    92% of people named McCluskey identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 92%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous McCluskeys

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Joe McCluskey
      American steeplechaser and long distance runner (1911-2002)
    • Edward J. McCluskey
      American engineer (1929–2016)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like McCluskey

    McCluskey 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 McCluskey come from?
    See McCloskey.
    How common is the surname McCluskey?
    6,301 people in the United States had the surname McCluskey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 48,999 Americans. It ranked 5,518th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname McCluskey?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named McCluskey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named McCluskey?
    Joe McCluskey, American steeplechaser and long distance runner (1911-2002), followed by Edward J. McCluskey.
    Where is the surname McCluskey most common?
    Wikidata records people named McCluskey in the United States.
    Is the surname McCluskey getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,050 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,301 in 2010, up 4.1%.