# McLaughlin (surname)

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

A surname from Irish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Irish |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 74,816 |
| US rank (2010) | 437 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 4,127 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.3% (73,128 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /məˈɡlɑklɪn/, 3 syllables |
| Variant spellings | Mclauglin, Maclauglin, M'lauglin, Mlauglin, Lauglin |

## Etymology

Anglicized from Irish Mac Lochlainn (“son of Lochlan”). By surface analysis, Mc- + Laughlin.

## Who carries it

Share of people named McLaughlin 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) | 88% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 7.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named McLaughlin in the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada.

## People named McLaughlin

- Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, American hurdler and sprinter (born 1999)
- Dominic McLaughlin, British actor
- Jake McLaughlin, American actor
- Elizabeth McLaughlin, American actress
- Jeffrey McLaughlin, American rower
- Ann McLaughlin Korologos, American politician (1941–2023)
- Katie McLaughlin, American swimmer
- Madison McLaughlin, American actress
- Jordan McLaughlin, American basketball player
- Mignon McLaughlin, American journalist (1913-1983)
- Jon McLaughlin, American pop rock singer-songwriter, record producer and pianist
- Dean Benjamin McLaughlin, American astronomer (1901-1965)

and 10 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

McLoughlin, McLachlan, McGlaughlin, McCullough, McAllister, Michaels, McAlister, McCloskey, McCallister, McCulloch, Mickelson, Michels.

## 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.