The McLaurin surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 8,045 people carried this name — #4,414 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 36,600 people counted. That is up 7% from 7,497 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the McLaurin surname

Variant of McLaren.

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

In print

McLaurin in American newspapers,
1901–1921.

Newspaper page from Daily New Dominion carrying the name McLaurin
Daily New Dominion 1901-05-27
Newspaper page from The San Francisco Call carrying the name McLaurin
The San Francisco Call 1901-12-10
Newspaper page from The Glenwood Post carrying the name McLaurin
The Glenwood Post 1921-08-27

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 33,452 pages in all carry the name.

In print

McLaurin in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1970s.

5,438 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss McLaurin. The most, 1,168, date from the 1940s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in New South Wales, at 2.0 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 3,861
Victoria 906
South Australia 422
Western Australia 96
Queensland 81
Tasmania 45
ACT (Canberra) 9

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

Who carried it

People named McLaurin,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Virginia McLaurin
    Virginia McLaurin 1909–2022 · activist
  • Anselm J. McLaurin
    Anselm J. McLaurin 1848–1909 · politician
  • John L. McLaurin
    John L. McLaurin 1860–1934 · politician
  • Ralph McLaurin
    Ralph McLaurin 1885–1943 · baseball player
  • John C. McLaurin
    John C. McLaurin 1926–2004 · politician
  • George W. McLaurin 1894–1968 · teacher

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

In the public record

People named McLaurin,
in the records of 4 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 States404 records

404 records of the McLaurin name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 240
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 108
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 19
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 18
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 10
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 6
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • 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 Jewell P. McLaurin

    Born 1916 in South Carolina. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Jackson Columbia; farm hand. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 1997, buried at Greenlawn Cemetery, Dillon, South Carolina.

    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 Charles Lonnell McLaurin

    Born 1949; from Clinton, North Carolina. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; died of wounds 1968 in Quang Tri, 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 Elizabeth McLaurin

    Arrived at New York in 1857 aboard the Bridgewater from Liverpool, aged 18; servant. From Ireland.

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

Showing 3 of 404 records for McLaurin in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · 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, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). 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).

Australia126 records

126 records of the McLaurin name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 76
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 23
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 20
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 6
  • Tasmanian Names Index 1
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Charles McLaurin

    Arrived in Victoria in 1853 aboard the Nebraska, aged 34; Scottish.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Archibald McG McLaurin

    Soldier of Rutherglen, Victoria; died 1918.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record John McHardy McLaurin

    Of Little Billabong, New South Wales; died 1927.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)

Showing 3 of 126 records for McLaurin in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Canada46 records

46 records of the McLaurin name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 37
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 4
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 2
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 1
  • Ontario immigration records, 1865–1883 1
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record James Roy McLaurin

    Died 1991, aged 53; buried at Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

    City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Mary McLaurin

    Died 1957 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record George Fraser McLaurin

    Died in service in 1944.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Showing 3 of 46 records for McLaurin in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

United Kingdom8 records

8 records of the McLaurin name in the United Kingdom
  • Stirling Council burial records 6
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 2
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Alison McLaurin

    Died 1990, aged 42; buried at Logie Cemetery, Stirling, Scotland.

    Stirling Council. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
  2. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record G. McLaurin

    Driver, Oyal North Lancashire Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  3. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Margaret McLaurin

    Buried in 1916 at Valley Cemetery, Stirling, Scotland, aged 69.

    Stirling Council. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Showing 3 of 8 records for McLaurin in the United Kingdom.

Counts: Stirling Council. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0); C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

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