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    The surname Cleland

    A surname, carried by 4,116 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C445

    Cleland: #8,040 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Cleland #8,040, 4,116 people Cleland: #8,040 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Cleland #8,040, 4,116 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cleland is more common than 95% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,116 people named Cleland in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 75,011 Americans. That is up 1.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,063.

    #8,040
    rank among US surnames
    4,116
    people in 2010
    1.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.3%
    change since 2000 (was #7,548)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #8,032Kirkham4,12174,920
    #8,036Gullett4,11774,993
    #8,040Hagedorn4,11675,011
    #8,042Palladino4,11575,029
    #8,045Bevan4,11475,048
    #8,046Copenhaver4,11375,066
    #8,049Rabon4,11275,084

    Who is named Cleland

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

    93% of people named Cleland identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Clelands

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Max Cleland
      American politician (1942-2021)
    • John Burton Cleland
      Australian biologist (1878-1971)
    • Tammy Cleland
      American synchronized swimmer, born 1975

    Notable Clelands come mostly from the United States (2) and Australia (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Cleland

    Cleland has the Soundex code C445, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C445.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Cleland?
    4,116 people in the United States had the surname Cleland in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 75,011 Americans. It ranked 8,040th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Cleland?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Cleland identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Cleland?
    Max Cleland, American politician (1942-2021), followed by John Burton Cleland.
    Where is the surname Cleland most common?
    Wikidata records people named Cleland in the United States and Australia.
    Is the surname Cleland getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,063 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,116 in 2010, up 1.3%.
    What are other spellings of Cleland?
    Clelland.