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    The surname Clauss

    A surname, carried by 1,842 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex C420

    Clauss: #15,806 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Clauss #15,806, 1,842 people Clauss: #15,806 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Clauss #15,806, 1,842 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Clauss is more common than 90.3% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,842 people named Clauss in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 167,614 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,837.

    #15,806
    rank among US surnames
    1,842
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.3%
    change since 2000 (was #14,813)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,800Harton1,843167,523
    #15,806Dufault1,842167,614

    Who is named Clauss

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

    96% of people named Clauss identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Clauss

    Clauss 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 Clauss?
    1,842 people in the United States had the surname Clauss in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 167,614 Americans. It ranked 15,806th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Clauss?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Clauss identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Clauss getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,837 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,842 in 2010, up 0.3%.