How common is the surname Clemmer?

3,444 people in the United States had the surname Clemmer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 89,647 Americans. It ranked 9,446th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Clemmer getting more or less common?

Less common. 3,498 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,444 in 2010, down 1.5%.

The surname Clemmer

A surname, carried by 3,444 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C456

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Clemmer is more common than 94.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,444 people named Clemmer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 89,647 Americans. That is down 1.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,498.

#9,446

rank among US surnames

3,444

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

-1.5%

change since 2000 (was #8,650)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,437	Bethune	3,447	89,569
#9,440	Wehner	3,446	89,595
#9,444	Durso	3,445	89,621
#9,446	McGruder	3,444	89,647
#9,449	Subramanian	3,443	89,673
#9,451	Pick	3,442	89,699
#9,455	Antonucci	3,441	89,726

Who is named Clemmer

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

92% of people named Clemmer identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.1%
Two or more races 2.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Clemmer

Clemmer has the Soundex code C456, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C456.

Questions

How common is the surname Clemmer?: 3,444 people in the United States had the surname Clemmer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 89,647 Americans. It ranked 9,446th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Clemmer?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Clemmer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Clemmer getting more or less common?: Less common. 3,498 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,444 in 2010, down 1.5%.