How common is the surname Cleghorn?

2,237 people in the United States had the surname Cleghorn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 138,018 Americans. It ranked 13,551st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Cleghorn?

Elizabeth Gaskell, British author (1810-1865).

Where is the surname Cleghorn most common?

Wikidata records people named Cleghorn in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

Is the surname Cleghorn getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,301 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,237 in 2010, down 2.8%.

The surname Cleghorn

A Scottish Gaelic place surname, carried by 2,237 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C426

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cleghorn is more common than 91.6% of them.

Origin

Scottish Gaelic origin

Habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic.

Cleghorn is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,237 people named Cleghorn in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 138,018 Americans. That is down 2.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,301.

#13,551

rank among US surnames

2,237

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

-2.8%

change since 2000 (was #12,382)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,544	Pero	2,239	137,894
#13,545	Eugenio	2,238	137,956
#13,551	Threlkeld	2,237	138,018

Who is named Cleghorn

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

87% of people named Cleghorn identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 87%
Black (not Hispanic) 7.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 2.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Cleghorns

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Elizabeth Gaskell
British author (1810-1865)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Claghorn
Gleghorn

Cleghorn has the Soundex code C426, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C426.

Other Scottish Gaelic surnames

All 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Cleghorn come from?: Habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic.
How common is the surname Cleghorn?: 2,237 people in the United States had the surname Cleghorn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 138,018 Americans. It ranked 13,551st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Cleghorn?: In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Cleghorn identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Cleghorn?: Elizabeth Gaskell, British author (1810-1865).
Where is the surname Cleghorn most common?: Wikidata records people named Cleghorn in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
What type of surname is Cleghorn?: Cleghorn is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Cleghorn getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,301 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,237 in 2010, down 2.8%.
What are other spellings of Cleghorn?: Claghorn and Gleghorn.