Find out how popular the last name McCline is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named McCline.

McCline, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the McCline surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of McCline in America

McCline is the 60045th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The McCline surname appeared 336 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname McCline.

We can also compare 2010 data for McCline to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name McCline

The surname McCline is of Scottish origin, originating in the 16th century. It is derived from the Gaelic word "mac" meaning "son of" and the Old Norse personal name "Lini" or "Ling", which means "dweller by the linden tree or lime tree".

The earliest recorded instance of the name appears in the Scottish Registrar Records of 1572, where a William McCline is mentioned as a resident of Glasgow. It is believed that the name was originally concentrated in the regions of Lanarkshire and Ayrshire in the lowlands of Scotland.

In the 17th century, the McCline surname can be found in historical documents such as the Parish Records of Kilwinning, Ayrshire, where a John McCline is listed as having been born in 1632. Additionally, a Robert McCline is recorded as a landowner in the village of Stewarton, East Ayrshire, in 1675.

One of the earliest notable individuals bearing the McCline surname was James McCline, a Scottish merchant who emigrated to the American colonies in the late 1700s and established a successful trading business in Philadelphia. He was born in Ayr, Scotland, in 1748 and died in Philadelphia in 1823.

Another prominent figure was General William McCline (1787-1865), a Scottish-born military officer who served in the British Army during the Napoleonic Wars and later became a member of the British Parliament representing the constituency of Ayrshire.

In the 19th century, the McCline name gained prominence in the literary world with the publication of poet and novelist Robert McCline's (1810-1884) works, which included the popular novel "The Lowland Lass" in 1842.

Other notable individuals with the McCline surname include:

1. Alexander McCline (1836-1912), a Scottish-born civil engineer who designed several bridges and railroads in Canada.
2. Margaret McCline (1865-1948), a Scottish suffragette and activist for women's rights.
3. John McCline (1892-1976), a Scottish-born architect who designed several notable buildings in New York City.
4. David McCline (1920-2005), a Scottish-born painter and artist known for his landscape paintings of the Scottish Highlands.
5. Elizabeth McCline (1927-2011), a Scottish-born novelist and poet who won the prestigious Saltire Society Literary Award in 1982.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name McCline

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname McCline.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for McCline was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of McCline has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name McCline was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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