McLeish
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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic and Irish Mac Gille Íosa (“son of the servant of Jesus”).
Proper noun
McLeish (plural McLeishes)
- A surname.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, McLeish is the 24961st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 996 individuals. McLeish is most common among White (70.48%) and Black/African American (23.09%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “McLeish”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 558.