# McLaren (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/mclaren/  
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 | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 5,968 |
| US rank (2010) | 5,799 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 51,734 people |
| Change since 2000 | +6.3% (5,615 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Learn |

## Who carries it

Share of people named McLaren 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) | 86% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 9.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 1.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named McLaren in the United Kingdom, Australia, Brazil and the United States.

## People named McLaren

- Paulinho McLaren, Brazilian association football player
- Angus McLaren, Australian actor
- Anne McLaren, British developmental biologist (1927–2007)
- Timothy McLaren, Australian rower and rowing coach
- Agnes McLaren, British doctor (1837–1913)
- Brian McLaren, American pastor and author (born 1956)
- Henry Duncan McLaren, 2nd Baron Aberconway, politician and horticulturist (1879–1953)

## Similar surnames

McLaurin, Maclaren, McClure, McCleary, McClary, McElrath, McCullar, McAleer, McLeroy, McLarty, McLawhorn, McClaran.

## 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.