The surname Clelland
A Scottish Gaelic surname, carried by 1,055 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex C445
Origin
Scottish Gaelic origin
Scottish variant of Cleland.
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 1,055 people named Clelland in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 292,650 Americans. That is up 1.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,043.
Who is named Clelland
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
93% of people named Clelland identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
- White (not Hispanic) 93%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
- Black (not Hispanic) 2.0%
- Two or more races 1.1%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Clelland
Clelland has the Soundex code C445, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C445.
Other Scottish Gaelic surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Clelland come from?
- Scottish variant of Cleland.
- How common is the surname Clelland?
- 1,055 people in the United States had the surname Clelland in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 292,650 Americans. It ranked 23,920th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Clelland?
- In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Clelland identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Is the surname Clelland getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,043 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,055 in 2010, up 1.2%.