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    The surname McLendon

    An Irish surname, carried by 8,453 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex M245

    McLendon: #4,193 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon McLendon #4,193, 8,453 people McLendon: #4,193 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez McLendon #4,193, 8,453 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McLendon is more common than 97.4% of them.

    Origin

    Irish origin

    Variant of McClinton.

    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 8,453 people named McLendon in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 36,525 Americans. That is up 4.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,079.

    #4,193
    rank among US surnames
    8,453
    people in 2010
    2.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.6%
    change since 2000 (was #4,039)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #4,184Cartagena8,46736,465
    #4,185Coons8,46636,469
    #4,186Pagano8,46536,473
    #4,187Riddick8,46436,477
    #4,188Gillen8,46236,486
    #4,189Kersey8,45936,499
    #4,190Gorham8,45836,503

    Who is named McLendon

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

    68% of people named McLendon identified as white (not Hispanic), 27% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 68%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 27%
    • Two or more races 2.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like McLendon

    McLendon 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 McLendon come from?
    Variant of McClinton.
    How common is the surname McLendon?
    8,453 people in the United States had the surname McLendon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 36,525 Americans. It ranked 4,193rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname McLendon?
    In the 2010 Census, 68% of people named McLendon identified as white (not Hispanic), and 27% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname McLendon getting more or less common?
    More common. 8,079 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,453 in 2010, up 4.6%.