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The surname McLelland

A surname, carried by 1,682 people in the United States.

Pronounced /məˈklɛlən(d)/ 3 syllables Soundex M244

McLelland: #16,919 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer McLelland #16,919, 1,682 people McLelland: #16,919 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez McLelland #16,919, 1,682 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McLelland is more common than 89.6% of them.

Origin

Variant of McClellan.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,682 people named McLelland in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 183,559 Americans. That is up 4.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,618.

#16,919
rank among US surnames
1,682
people in 2010
0.6
per 100,000 Americans
+4%
change since 2000 (was #16,383)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#16,917Dudgeon1,683183,450
#16,919Schroyer1,682183,559
#16,926Bashore1,681183,668

Who is named McLelland

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

94% of people named McLelland identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as Black (not Hispanic).

  • White (not Hispanic) 94%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 1.7%
  • Two or more races 1.3%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like McLelland

McLelland has the Soundex code M244, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M244.

Questions

Where does the surname McLelland come from?
Variant of McClellan.
How common is the surname McLelland?
1,682 people in the United States had the surname McLelland in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 183,559 Americans. It ranked 16,919th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname McLelland?
In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named McLelland identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
How do you pronounce McLelland?
McLelland is /məˈklɛlən(d)/, 3 syllables.
Is the surname McLelland getting more or less common?
More common. 1,618 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,682 in 2010, up 4.0%.