# Clemens (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/clemens/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 14,231 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,542 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 21,695 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.7% (13,995 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Late Latin Clēmēns (genitive Clēmentis), name of early saints and popes, from clēmēns (“merciful”). Doublet of Clement and San Clemente.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Clemens in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 91% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 3.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Clemens in the United States, Australia and Habsburg Netherlands.

## People named Clemens

- Adelaide Clemens, Australian actress
- Jacob Clemens non Papa, 16th-century Flemish composer (1510–1555)
- Roger Clemens, American baseball player
- Mary Strong Clemens, American botanist (1873-1968)
- Clara Clemens, American opera singer; daughter of Mark Twain
- William Clemens, American film director (1905–1980)
- Kellen Clemens, American football quarterback
- Mark Twain, American author and humorist (1835–1910)
- Lois Gunden, American "Righteous Among the Nations"

## Similar surnames

Clemons, Clemmons, Coleman, Clements, Clement, Clemente, Colmenares, Clementi, Colman, Cloninger, Callanan, Cullinan.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.