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    The surname Clear

    A surname, carried by 2,234 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex C460

    Clear: #13,572 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Clear #13,572, 2,234 people Clear: #13,572 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Clear #13,572, 2,234 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Clear is more common than 91.6% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,234 people named Clear in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 138,203 Americans. That is up 7.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,079.

    #13,572
    rank among US surnames
    2,234
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +7.5%
    change since 2000 (was #13,429)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,564Trang2,236138,079
    #13,569Umberger2,235138,141
    #13,572Boler2,234138,203
    #13,578Hosler2,233138,265

    Who is named Clear

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

    83% of people named Clear identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 83%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 12%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Clears

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Jock Clear
      British engineer, born 1963
    • James Clear
      American author and speaker, born 1985

    Notable Clears come mostly from the United Kingdom (1) and the United States (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Clear

    Clear has the Soundex code C460, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C460.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Clear?
    2,234 people in the United States had the surname Clear in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 138,203 Americans. It ranked 13,572nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Clear?
    In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Clear identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Clear?
    Jock Clear, British engineer, followed by James Clear.
    Where is the surname Clear most common?
    Wikidata records people named Clear in the United Kingdom and the United States.
    Is the surname Clear getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,079 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,234 in 2010, up 7.5%.