McCleese

English

Etymology

Variant of McLeish.

Proper noun

McCleese (plural McCleeses)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, McCleese is the 26949^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 900 individuals. McCleese is most common among White (78.83%) and Black/African American (18.33%) individuals.

Further reading

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