McClurg

English

Etymology

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Luirg (“son of Lorg”), a personal name meaning "footman", from lorg (“find, trace”).

Proper noun

McClurg (countable and uncountable, plural McClurgs)

1. A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
2. An unincorporated community in Taney County, Missouri, United States.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, McClurg is the 9778^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3314 individuals. McClurg is most common among White (94.09%) individuals.

Further reading

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