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    The surname McLoud

    A Scottish Gaelic surname, carried by 1,308 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M243

    McLoud: #20,322 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer McLoud #20,322, 1,308 people McLoud: #20,322 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez McLoud #20,322, 1,308 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McLoud is more common than 87.5% of them.

    Origin

    Scottish Gaelic origin

    Variant of McLeod.

    One of 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,308 people named McLoud in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 236,044 Americans. That is up 9.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,192.

    #20,322
    rank among US surnames
    1,308
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +9.7%
    change since 2000 (was #20,642)

    Who is named McLoud

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

    76% of people named McLoud identified as white (not Hispanic), 17% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 76%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 17%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.8%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    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

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like McLoud

    McLoud has the Soundex code M243, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M243.

    Other Scottish Gaelic surnames

    All 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname McLoud come from?
    Variant of McLeod.
    How common is the surname McLoud?
    1,308 people in the United States had the surname McLoud in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 236,044 Americans. It ranked 20,322nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname McLoud?
    In the 2010 Census, 76% of people named McLoud identified as white (not Hispanic), and 17% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname McLoud getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,192 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,308 in 2010, up 9.7%.