How common is the surname Clegg?

8,045 people in the United States had the surname Clegg in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 38,377 Americans. It ranked 4,414th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Clegg?

Johnny Clegg, British and South African musician, anthropologist and anti-apartheid icon.

Where is the surname Clegg most common?

Wikidata records people named Clegg in South Africa.

Is the surname Clegg getting more or less common?

More common. 7,723 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,045 in 2010, up 4.2%.

The surname Clegg

A surname, carried by 8,045 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex C420

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Clegg is more common than 97.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,045 people named Clegg in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 38,377 Americans. That is up 4.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,723.

#4,414

rank among US surnames

8,045

people in 2010

2.7

per 100,000 Americans

+4.2%

change since 2000 (was #4,244)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,406	Lum	8,060	38,306
#4,407	Duque	8,058	38,315
#4,408	Lathrop	8,057	38,320
#4,409	Royster	8,056	38,325
#4,410	Cornish	8,050	38,353
#4,412	Martinson	8,048	38,363
#4,413	Canty	8,047	38,368

Who is named Clegg

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

85% of people named Clegg identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 85%
Black (not Hispanic) 9.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Cleggs

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Johnny Clegg
British and South African musician, anthropologist and anti-apartheid icon, 1953–2019

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Clegg

Clagg

Clegg 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 Clegg?: 8,045 people in the United States had the surname Clegg in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 38,377 Americans. It ranked 4,414th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Clegg?: In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Clegg identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Clegg?: Johnny Clegg, British and South African musician, anthropologist and anti-apartheid icon.
Where is the surname Clegg most common?: Wikidata records people named Clegg in South Africa.
Is the surname Clegg getting more or less common?: More common. 7,723 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,045 in 2010, up 4.2%.