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    The surname McLin

    A surname, carried by 2,459 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M245

    McLin: #12,587 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer McLin #12,587, 2,459 people McLin: #12,587 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez McLin #12,587, 2,459 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McLin is more common than 92.2% of them.

    Origin

    Variant of McLean.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,459 people named McLin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 125,557 Americans. That is up 7.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,290.

    #12,587
    rank among US surnames
    2,459
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +7.4%
    change since 2000 (was #12,430)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,581Storch2,461125,455
    #12,584Graver2,460125,506
    #12,587Leu2,459125,557
    #12,593Roesler2,458125,608

    Who is named McLin

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

    50% of people named McLin identified as white (not Hispanic), 44% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 50%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 44%
    • Two or more races 2.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
    • 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 McLin

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

    Questions

    Where does the surname McLin come from?
    Variant of McLean.
    How common is the surname McLin?
    2,459 people in the United States had the surname McLin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 125,557 Americans. It ranked 12,587th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname McLin?
    In the 2010 Census, 50% of people named McLin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 44% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname McLin getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,290 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,459 in 2010, up 7.4%.