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    The surname Clause

    A surname, carried by 1,205 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex C420

    Clause: #21,633 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Clause #21,633, 1,205 people Clause: #21,633 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Clause #21,633, 1,205 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Clause is more common than 86.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,205 people named Clause in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 256,220 Americans. That is down 5.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,273.

    #21,633
    rank among US surnames
    1,205
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    -5.3%
    change since 2000 (was #19,599)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #21,625Rathke1,206256,008
    #21,633Nakai1,205256,220

    Who is named Clause

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

    91% of people named Clause identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.0% as American Indian and Alaska Native and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 91%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 4.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Clause

    Clause has the Soundex code C420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C420.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Clause?
    1,205 people in the United States had the surname Clause in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 256,220 Americans. It ranked 21,633rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Clause?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Clause identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.0% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
    Is the surname Clause getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,273 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,205 in 2010, down 5.3%.