McLawhorn

English

Etymology

Americanized form of Northern Irish Mac Labhrainn (“son of Labhrann”). Compare McLaren, which derives from the same source.

Proper noun

McLawhorn (plural McLawhorns)

1. A surname from Irish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, McLawhorn is the 22069^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1174 individuals. McLawhorn is most common among White (86.03%) and Black/African American (10.9%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “McLawhorn”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 558.