How common is the surname McLemore?

10,850 people in the United States had the surname McLemore in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 28,456 Americans. It ranked 3,306th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named McLemore?

Ben McLemore, American basketball player (born 1993), followed by McCoy McLemore.

Where is the surname McLemore most common?

Wikidata records people named McLemore in the United States.

Is the surname McLemore getting more or less common?

More common. 10,448 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,850 in 2010, up 3.8%.

The surname McLemore

An Irish occupational surname, carried by 10,850 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex M245

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McLemore is more common than 98% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Giolla Mhuire (“son of the servant of Mary”). Compare Gilmore.

McLemore is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

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 10,850 people named McLemore in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 28,456 Americans. That is up 3.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 10,448.

#3,306

rank among US surnames

10,850

people in 2010

3.7

per 100,000 Americans

+3.8%

change since 2000 (was #3,157)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,297	Pedroza	10,918	28,279
#3,298	Morey	10,894	28,341
#3,299	Larios	10,887	28,359
#3,301	Brant	10,886	28,362
#3,302	Carvalho	10,877	28,385
#3,303	Miguel	10,861	28,427
#3,304	Agee	10,857	28,437

Who is named McLemore

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

63% of people named McLemore identified as white (not Hispanic), 29% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 63%
Black (not Hispanic) 29%
Two or more races 3.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous McLemores

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Ben McLemore
American basketball player (born 1993)
McCoy McLemore
American basketball player (1942–2009)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like McLemore

McLemore has the Soundex code M245, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M245.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname McLemore come from?: Anglicized form of Irish Mac Giolla Mhuire (“son of the servant of Mary”). Compare Gilmore.
How common is the surname McLemore?: 10,850 people in the United States had the surname McLemore in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 28,456 Americans. It ranked 3,306th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname McLemore?: In the 2010 Census, 63% of people named McLemore identified as white (not Hispanic), and 29% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named McLemore?: Ben McLemore, American basketball player (born 1993), followed by McCoy McLemore.
Where is the surname McLemore most common?: Wikidata records people named McLemore in the United States.
What type of surname is McLemore?: McLemore is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname McLemore getting more or less common?: More common. 10,448 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,850 in 2010, up 3.8%.