Explore the Family Name Mcclaughry

The meaning of Mcclaughry

Irish: possibly of Scottish origin, an Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Clochaire ‘son of the stonemason’. Sometimes, by misinterpretation of clochaire as cloch an rí ‘stone of the king’, the name was ‘translated’ in Ireland as Kingston. A Scottish Gaelic version, Mac Clachair, was Anglicized as McClacher and shortened to Clacher.

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How common is the last name Mcclaughry in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Mcclaughry saw a marginal drop in popularity from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, it ranked 62,775th and slipped slightly to 62,903rd in 2010, a minor decrease of 0.2%. However, the actual count of individuals with this surname increased by 6.71%, growing from 298 in 2000 to 318 in 2010. The proportion per 100k people remained steady at 0.11 over this period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#62,775	#62,903	-0.2%
Count	298	318	6.71%
Proportion per 100k	0.11	0.11	0%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Mcclaughry

As per the ethnicity data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the majority of people with the surname Mcclaughry identified as White in both 2000 and 2010, with percentages of 94.30 and 94.03 respectively. There was an increase in those identifying with two or more races, escalating from 2.01% in 2000 to 2.52% in 2010. Interestingly, there was a new appearance of Hispanic ethnic identity in 2010, representing 1.57% of the Mcclaughrys. Conversely, Black representation dropped to zero in 2010 after being 2.35% in 2000. No Asian/Pacific Islander, American Indian or Alaskan Native identities were reported for either year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	94.3%	94.03%	-0.29%
Two or More Races	2.01%	2.52%	25.37%
Hispanic	0%	1.57%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	2.35%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%