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The surname Cleaveland

A surname, carried by 1,020 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C414

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Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cleaveland is more common than 84.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,020 people named Cleaveland in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 302,692 Americans. That is up 4.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 974.

#24,517
rank among US surnames
1,020
people in 2010
0.3
per 100,000 Americans
+4.7%
change since 2000 (was #24,146)

Who is named Cleaveland

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

91% of people named Cleaveland identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 91%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 2.8%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
  • Two or more races 2.2%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Cleaveland

Cleaveland has the Soundex code C414, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C414.

Questions

How common is the surname Cleaveland?
1,020 people in the United States had the surname Cleaveland in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 302,692 Americans. It ranked 24,517th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Cleaveland?
In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Cleaveland identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Cleaveland getting more or less common?
More common. 974 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,020 in 2010, up 4.7%.