as a Last Name
- 11,766
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Mccloskey
Meaning & Origins
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Bhloscaidh ‘son of Bloscadh’ a personal name probably derived from blosc ‘resounding noise’, ‘blast’. This surname is the name of a family from County Derry descended from the O’Kanes; it is also found in Scotland, mainly in Glasgow.
| 3,077th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Mcclain, Mcclure, Mcclellan, Mcclendon, Mccloud, Mcclelland, Mcclanahan, Mcclung, Mcclintock, Mcclinton
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 11,766
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Pennsylvania
- has the most people named Mccloskey per capita
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