Explore the Family Name Mccleland

The meaning of Mccleland

Scottish: variant of McClellan, with excrescent -d due to English speakers’ perception of Gaelic palatalized -n as -nd.

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

The surname Mccleland, according to the Decennial U.S. Census data, experienced a shift in its popularity between 2000 and 2010. Previously ranked 66,676th in 2000, it dropped to the 75,317th spot in 2010, marking a decrease of 12.96% in its ranking. The count of individuals bearing the Mccleland surname also exhibited a decrease from 277 in 2000 to 256 in 2010, showing a 7.58% drop. This change reflects that for every 100,000 people, the proportion with this surname went down by 10%, from 0.1 in 2000 to 0.09 in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#66,676	#75,317	-12.96%
Count	277	256	-7.58%
Proportion per 100k	0.1	0.09	-10%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Mccleland

In terms of ethnicity, the Decennial U.S. Census data shows that as of 2000 and 2010, there were no recorded instances of the Mccleland surname among Asian/Pacific Islanders or American Indian and Alaskan Natives. The vast majority of individuals with the Mccleland surname identified as White, with a small increase from 86.28% in 2000 to 86.33% in 2010. The data also showed an emergence of Hispanic identity within the Mccleland surname holders in 2010, which was previously unrecorded in 2000. Individuals identifying as Black made up 7.58% in 2000 and slightly decreased to 7.42% in 2010. Interestingly, there was a complete disappearance of individuals identifying with two or more races from 2.53% in 2000 to none in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
White	86.28%	86.33%	0.06%
Black	7.58%	7.42%	-2.11%
Hispanic	0%	3.13%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	2.53%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%