How common is the surname McLoughlin?

4,661 people in the United States had the surname McLoughlin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 66,240 Americans. It ranked 7,174th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname McLoughlin?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named McLoughlin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named McLoughlin?

Jack McLoughlin, Australian swimmer, followed by Joseph McLoughlin.

Where is the surname McLoughlin most common?

Wikidata records people named McLoughlin in the United States and Australia.

Is the surname McLoughlin getting more or less common?

More common. 4,434 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,661 in 2010, up 5.1%.

What are other spellings of McLoughlin?

Macloughlin, Maloughlin and Loughlin.

The surname McLoughlin

An Irish surname, carried by 4,661 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M242

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McLoughlin is more common than 95.6% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Variant of McLaughlin.

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 4,661 people named McLoughlin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 66,240 Americans. That is up 5.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,434.

#7,174

rank among US surnames

4,661

people in 2010

1.6

per 100,000 Americans

+5.1%

change since 2000 (was #6,968)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,167	Lomas	4,667	66,155
#7,171	Arneson	4,665	66,183
#7,173	Celaya	4,664	66,198
#7,174	Rude	4,661	66,240
#7,177	Valero	4,660	66,254
#7,179	Schutt	4,658	66,283

Who is named McLoughlin

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

94% of people named McLoughlin identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous McLoughlins

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jack McLoughlin
Australian swimmer, born 1995
Joseph McLoughlin
American rower (1878-1962)
Tom McLoughlin
American director and screenwriter, born 1950
John McLoughlin
American police officer, last person pulled out of the rubble at Ground Zero, born 1953

Notable McLoughlins come mostly from the United States (3) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Macloughlin
Maloughlin
Loughlin

Surnames that sound like McLoughlin

McLoughlin has the Soundex code M242, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M242.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname McLoughlin come from?: Variant of McLaughlin.
How common is the surname McLoughlin?: 4,661 people in the United States had the surname McLoughlin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 66,240 Americans. It ranked 7,174th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname McLoughlin?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named McLoughlin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named McLoughlin?: Jack McLoughlin, Australian swimmer, followed by Joseph McLoughlin.
Where is the surname McLoughlin most common?: Wikidata records people named McLoughlin in the United States and Australia.
Is the surname McLoughlin getting more or less common?: More common. 4,434 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,661 in 2010, up 5.1%.
What are other spellings of McLoughlin?: Macloughlin, Maloughlin and Loughlin.