The McLendon surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 8,453 people carried this name — #4,193 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 34,800 people counted. That is up 5% from 8,079 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the McLendon surname

Variant of McClinton.

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

In print

McLendon in American newspapers,
1894–1926.

Newspaper page from The Indianapolis Journal carrying the name McLendon
The Indianapolis Journal 1894-04-01
Newspaper page from South Bend News-times carrying the name McLendon
South Bend News-times 1926-07-08
Newspaper page from The Herald carrying the name McLendon
The Herald 1894-04-01

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 23,983 pages in all carry the name.

In print

McLendon in Australian newspapers,
1940s–1950s.

41 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss McLendon. The most, 27, date from the 1950s.

Articles, by state

Victoria 24
New South Wales 7
Queensland 4
Western Australia 4
Tasmania 1

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

Who carried it

People named McLendon,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Mary Latimer McLendon
    Mary Latimer McLendon 1840–1921 · suffragist
  • Gordon McLendon
    Gordon McLendon 1921–1986 · businessperson
  • Mary Stone McLendon
    Mary Stone McLendon 1896–1967 · storyteller
  • John McLendon 1915–1999 · basketball coach
  • Winzola McLendon 1910–2012 · non-fiction writer
  • Robert L. McLendon, Jr. d. 2022 · academic

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

In the public record

People named McLendon,
in the records of 2 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 States463 records

463 records of the McLendon name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 352
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 93
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 5
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 4
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Harold McLendon

    Born 1904 in Texas. Enlisted 1942 at Tulsa, Oklahoma; construction worker. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1977, buried at Santa Fe National Cemetery, New Mexico.

    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 Kenneth Hayes McLendon

    Born 1950; from Dripping Springs, Texas. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; killed in action 1970 in Quang Nam, 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 Willliam McLendon

    Arrived at New Orleans in 1850 aboard the Wilson Kennedy from Liverpool, aged 18; laborer. From Scotland; bound for New Orleans.

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

Showing 3 of 463 records for McLendon 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, 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).

Australia1 record

1 record of the McLendon name in Australia Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Elizh McLendon

    Arrived in Victoria in 1854 as an assisted immigrant aboard the Violet, aged 32.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (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).

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Surnames next to McLendon.

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