McCleary

English

Alternative forms

• McClary, McCleery, McLerie

Etymology

Anglicized form of Irish Mac an Chléirigh (“son of the cleric”), from cléireach (“clerk, cleric”).

Proper noun

McCleary (countable and uncountable, plural McClearys)

1. A surname from Irish.
2. A city in Grays Harbor County, Washington, United States.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, McCleary is the 5317^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 6554 individuals. McCleary is most common among White (82.9%) and Black/African American (11.52%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “McCleary”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 546.