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    The surname McLeroy

    An Irish surname, carried by 1,595 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex M246

    McLeroy: #17,613 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer McLeroy #17,613, 1,595 people McLeroy: #17,613 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez McLeroy #17,613, 1,595 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McLeroy is more common than 89.1% of them.

    Origin

    Irish origin

    Variant of McElroy.

    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 1,595 people named McLeroy in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 193,571 Americans. That is up 1.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,577.

    #17,613
    rank among US surnames
    1,595
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.1%
    change since 2000 (was #16,706)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,605Stahlman1,596193,450
    #17,613Hibler1,595193,571

    Who is named McLeroy

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

    82% of people named McLeroy identified as white (not Hispanic), 13% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 82%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 13%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like McLeroy

    McLeroy has the Soundex code M246, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M246.

    Other Irish surnames

    All 880 Irish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname McLeroy come from?
    Variant of McElroy.
    How common is the surname McLeroy?
    1,595 people in the United States had the surname McLeroy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 193,571 Americans. It ranked 17,613th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname McLeroy?
    In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named McLeroy identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname McLeroy getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,577 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,595 in 2010, up 1.1%.