McClinton
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editAnglicized form of Irish Mac Giolla Fhionntáin (“son of the servant of (Saint) Fintán”), a personal name which derives from a hypocoristic form of fionn (“white”).
Proper noun
editMcClinton (plural McClintons)
- A surname from Irish.
Statistics
edit- According to the 2010 United States Census, McClinton is the 5925th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 5816 individuals. McClinton is most common among Black/African American (74.05%) and White (20.01%) individuals.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “McClinton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 547.