McClure

English

Alternative forms

• McLure

Etymology

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Gille Uidhir and Irish Mac Giolla Uidhir (“son of the dun lad”), from Mac + gille + uidhir, obsolete form of odhar (“dun; dark”).

Proper noun

McClure (countable and uncountable, plural McClures)

1. A surname.
2. A place in the United States:
   1. A village in Alexander County, Illinois.
   2. A village in Henry County, Ohio.
   3. A town in Snyder County, Pennsylvania.
   4. An unincorporated community in Dickenson County, Virginia.

Derived terms

• McClure Strait

 

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, McClure is the 731^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 47742 individuals. McClure is most common among White (84.62%) individuals.

Further reading

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