The McClendon surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 18,857 people carried this name — #1,907 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 15,600 people counted. That is up 7% from 17,614 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the McClendon surname

Variant of McClinton.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «McClendon» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In print

McClendon in American newspapers,
1916–1930.

Newspaper page from The Gary American carrying the name McClendon
The Gary American 1929-11-22
Newspaper page from Grand Forks Daily Herald carrying the name McClendon
Grand Forks Daily Herald 1916-05-22
Newspaper page from The Gary American carrying the name McClendon
The Gary American 1930-03-08

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 10,153 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named McClendon,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Sarah McClendon
    Sarah McClendon 1910–2003 · journalist
  • Rose McClendon
    Rose McClendon 1884–1936 · stage actor
  • Aubrey McClendon 1959–2016 · business executive
  • Jesse Francis McClendon 1880–1976 · physiologist

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0.

In the public record

People named McClendon,
in the records of the United States.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States744 records

744 records of the McClendon name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 504
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 202
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 21
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 8
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Alan R. McClendon

    Born 1912 in Texas. Enlisted 1940 at Dallas; packer from Dallas County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1997, buried at Resthaven Memorial Park, Corsicana, Texas.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Willie James McClendon

    Born 1945; from Miami, Florida. U.S. Army, tactical wire operations specialist; killed in action 1968 in Long An, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Abel McClendon

    Arrived at New York in 1864 aboard the Francis P. Sage from Liverpool, aged 50; laborer. From Ireland.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 744 records for McClendon in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

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