The McCloud surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 15,783 people carried this name — #2,313 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 18,700 people counted. That is up 4% from 15,125 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the McCloud surname

Anglicized variant of Scottish Gaelic MacLeòid, itself meaning "son of Leòd", derived from Old Norse Ljótr (“ugly”).

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

In the first U.S. census, 1790

In 1790, McCloud was counted together with McLeod: 132 families in all.

Each family is counted by its head. About 609 people lived in those households, 4.6 to a family on average. The census counted these spellings together: McLeod, McClaud, McCleod, McCload, McClode, McCloud, McLoad, McLoud, Macloud. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

North Carolina 79
Pennsylvania 24
New York 9
Massachusetts 5
South Carolina 4
New Hampshire 3
Virginia 3
Maryland 2
Maine 1
Rhode Island 1
Connecticut 1

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 253 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

McCloud in American newspapers,
1909.

Newspaper page from The Citizen carrying the name McCloud
The Citizen 1909-11-04
Newspaper page from The Citizen carrying the name McCloud
The Citizen 1909-09-23
Newspaper page from The Black Hills Union And Western Stock Review carrying the name McCloud
The Black Hills Union And Western Stock Review 1909-10-01

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 28,829 pages in all carry the name.

In print

McCloud in Australian newspapers,
1820s–1970s.

1,308 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss McCloud. The most, 262, date from the 1880s. South Australia has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Western Australia, at 4.1 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

South Australia 462
Western Australia 398
New South Wales 185
Victoria 109
Queensland 74
Tasmania 67
ACT (Canberra) 10

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss McCloud.

Who carried it

People named McCloud,
with a public archive behind them.

  • David J. McCloud
    David J. McCloud 1945–1998 · military officer
  • Ross McCloud 1819–1868 · businessperson
  • Janet McCloud 1934–2003 · activist

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

In the public record

People named McCloud,
in the records of 6 countries.

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 States866 records

866 records of the McCloud name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 415
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 200
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 131
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 51
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 27
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 22
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 14
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Ray M. McCloud

    Born 1921 in Tennessee. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia; aircraft worker. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1999, buried at Mountain Home National Cemetery, Tennessee.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Margaret McCloud

    Arrived at New York in 1892 aboard the Ethiopia from Glasgow and Moville, aged 24; housekeeper. From Ireland; bound for New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Lawrence Beverly McCloud

    Born 1944; from Greenville, Mississippi. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1966 in South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 866 records for McCloud 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) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Australia121 records

121 records of the McCloud name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 71
  • Tasmanian Names Index 38
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 7
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 3
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 2
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record Donald McCloud

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the Prince Regent, arriving 1824; certificate of freedom 1830.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record David McCloud

    Arrived in Victoria in 1885 aboard the Orient, aged 28; Irish.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. The first page of an emigration file from Gündlingen, Baden, 1883
    Example: German emigration file, 1883
    Emigration record Benjamin McCloud

    Left Hobart in 1822 aboard the Emerald, bound for Port Jackson, as a seaman.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 121 records for McCloud in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Emigration file, Gündlingen, 1883, Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Staatsarchiv Freiburg B 694/1 Nr. 1389 (CC BY 4.0).

Canada12 records

12 records of the McCloud name in Canada Nova Scotia Archives name indexes
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Margaret McCloud

    Married 1797 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Alexander McCloud

    Listed at Wallace, Cumberland, Nova Scotia in the census and tax rolls of 1827.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record John McCloud

    Listed at Gabarus, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia in the census and tax rolls of 1838.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Showing 3 of 12 records for McCloud in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

New Zealand2 records

2 records of the McCloud name in New Zealand Christchurch City cemetery records
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Marguriete Ellen McCloud

    Died 1975, aged 66; buried at Ruru Lawn, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Walter Sydney McCloud

    Died 1982, aged 75; buried at Ruru Lawn, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

France1 record

1 record of the McCloud name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Margot McCloud

    Born 1920 in the United States; died 1996 in Le Port-Marly (Yvelines).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Netherlands1 record

1 record of the McCloud name in the Netherlands Dutch church registers before 1811
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record William McCloud

    Married in 1685 in Rotterdam.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Rotterdam (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

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