McCleave

English

Etymology

Variant of McClave.

Proper noun

McCleave (plural McCleaves)

1. A surname from Irish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, McCleave is the 37792^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 588 individuals. McCleave is most common among Black/African American (49.83%) and White (44.9%) individuals.

Further reading

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