McClatchey

English

Etymology

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic and Northern Scottish Gaelic Mac Gille Èitigh (“son of the ugly lad”), from gille (“boy, lad”) and èitigh (“unseemly, ugly”).

Proper noun

McClatchey (plural McClatcheys)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, McClatchey is the 29550^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 798 individuals. McClatchey is most common among White (76.19%) and Black/African American (17.04%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “McClatchey”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 546.