McClung

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): McCluney, McLuney

Etymology

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Luinge (“son of Lunge”), a personal name probably meaning "seafarer".

Proper noun

McClung (countable and uncountable, plural McClungs)

1. A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
2. A ghost town in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, United States.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, McClung is the 3746^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 9456 individuals. McClung is most common among White (89.3%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “McClung”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 547.