McClary
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/məˈkɫɛɹi/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
McClary is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. In Grenada it is the 38th most common surname. Recorded meaning: Variant of McCleary.
- USUnited States1 in 55K(measured from records)
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 68K
- JMJamaica≈1 in 39K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- Sources
- 334 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 39K (inferred from the name graph)
6,070 people, 2010
Highest-authority source
Jamaica, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Variant of McCleary.
Sources 3
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wiktionary
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
McClary counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | — | 6,070 | 1 in 55K | 6.1K | McClary | 334 |
| EG Egypt | — | ≈1,200 est. | ≈1 in 86K | — | McClary | 2 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈960 est. | ≈1 in 68K | — | McClary | 63 |
| IT Italy | — | ≈520 est. | ≈1 in 121K | — | McClary | 8 |
| CA Canada | — | ≈460 est. | ≈1 in 82K | — | McClary | 60 |
| JM Jamaica | — | ≈72 est. | ≈1 in 39K | — | McClary | 1 |
| GD Grenada | #38 | — | — | — | McClary | 1 |
6,070 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010, counting the spelling mcclary. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Andrew McClaryb. 1730USsoldier and major in the Continental Army during the American Revolution
- Charles McClaryb. 1833CACanadian politician
- Alice F. McClary Stevensb. 1858USAmerican botanical collector (1858— )
- Susan McClaryb. 1946USAmerican musicologist
- Thomas McClaryb. 1949USAmerican guitarist
- Artemus McClaryb. 1973USAmerican basketball player (born 1973)
- Richard Piran McClaryGBdoctoral supervisor
- Cam McClaryUScollege basketball player (1977–1977) Arkansas
- Doug McClaryUSbasketball player
- Dwayne McClaryactor
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 8 sources across 1 country.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 6.1K | #5,713 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 5.6K | #5,659 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 5.6K | #5,952 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 4
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name McClary mean, and where does it come from?
- Variant of McCleary. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names and The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland and 1 other source.
- How do you pronounce McClary?
- A machine transcription gives /məˈkɫɛɹi/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does McClary have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 6.1 thousand people named McClary, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled McClary.
- How common is the name McClary?
- In the United States, the national register counted 6,070 people named McClary in 2010, about 1 in 55 thousand residents.
- How common is McClary compared with other names?
- In Grenada, McClary is the 38th most common surname of 3,427 surnames recorded there.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “McClary” — the 38th most common surname in Grenada. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.