McClurkin

English

Etymology

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Cléireacháin (“son of the little priest”), from cléireach (“priest, cleric”) + án (“diminutive suffix”).

Proper noun

McClurkin (countable and uncountable, plural McClurkins)

1. A surname from Irish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, McClurkin is the 23978^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1052 individuals. McClurkin is most common among Black/African American (62.83%) and White (33.08%) individuals.

Further reading

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