McCloon Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

McCloon Surname Definition:

MACLOON: A Galloway name of Irish origin, Mac Giolla Eoin, 'son of the servant of (S. ) John. ' A variant of Maclean, q. v.

McCloon Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland21:2,214,93333,683
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States261:1,931,48897,398

McCloon Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

MACLOON: A Galloway name of Irish origin, Mac Giolla Eoin, 'son of the servant of (S. ) John. ' A variant of Maclean, q. v.

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

McCloon Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name McCloon Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname McCloon occurs most in The United States. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name McCloon? popularity and diffusion

It is the 10,311,814th most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The last name McCloon is predominantly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of McCloon live; 100 percent live in North America and 100 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 120,819,644. In The United States it is most frequent in: Wisconsin, where 67 percent are found and Georgia, where 33 percent are found.

McCloon Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of McCloon has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the McCloon surname declined 88 percent between 1880 and 2014.

McCloon Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the McCloon last name is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

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