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    The surname Clarence

    A place surname, carried by 460 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈklæɹəns/ 2 syllables Soundex C465 Also a first name

    Clarence: #46,314 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Clarence #46,314, 460 people Clarence: #46,314 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Clarence #46,314, 460 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Clarence is more common than 71.5% of them.

    Origin

    Originally a ducal title of the English and British royal family, from Clārensis (“from the town of Clare”), (the town of Clare, Suffolk), although it has also been associated with Italian Chiarenza, Clarentza, &c., a former fortress and settlement in the medieval Frankish Principality of Achaea in Greece.

    Clarence is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 460 people named Clarence in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 671,186 Americans. That is up 29% since 2000, when the Census counted 357.

    #46,314
    rank among US surnames
    460
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +28.9%
    change since 2000 (was #54,152)

    Who is named Clarence

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    43% of people named Clarence identified as white (not Hispanic), 35% as Black (not Hispanic) and 16% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 43%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 35%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 16%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Clarence

    Clarence has the Soundex code C465, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C465.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Clarence come from?
    Originally a ducal title of the English and British royal family, from Clārensis (“from the town of Clare”), (the town of Clare, Suffolk), although it has also been associated with Italian Chiarenza, Clarentza, &c., a former fortress and settlement in the medieval Frankish Principality of Achaea…
    How common is the surname Clarence?
    460 people in the United States had the surname Clarence in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 671,186 Americans. It ranked 46,314th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Clarence?
    In the 2010 Census, 43% of people named Clarence identified as white (not Hispanic), and 35% as Black (not Hispanic).
    How do you pronounce Clarence?
    Clarence is /ˈklæɹəns/, 2 syllables.
    What type of surname is Clarence?
    Clarence is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Clarence getting more or less common?
    More common. 357 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 460 in 2010, up 29%.
    Is Clarence also a first name?
    Yes. Clarence is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.