How common is the surname Clemmons?

7,914 people in the United States had the surname Clemmons in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 39,013 Americans. It ranked 4,484th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Clemmons?

Anthony Clemmons, American basketball player (born 1994).

Where is the surname Clemmons most common?

Wikidata records people named Clemmons in Kazakhstan.

Is the surname Clemmons getting more or less common?

More common. 7,515 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,914 in 2010, up 5.3%.

The surname Clemmons

A surname, carried by 7,914 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C455

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Clemmons is more common than 97.2% of them.

Origin

Variant of Clemons.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,914 people named Clemmons in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 39,013 Americans. That is up 5.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,515.

#4,484

rank among US surnames

7,914

people in 2010

2.7

per 100,000 Americans

+5.3%

change since 2000 (was #4,370)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,475	McInnis	7,933	38,919
#4,476	Alam	7,932	38,924
#4,477	Buxton	7,925	38,958
#4,478	Chestnut	7,924	38,963
#4,479	Eggers	7,921	38,978
#4,480	Armstead	7,919	38,988
#4,481	Muro	7,916	39,003

Who is named Clemmons

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

58% of people named Clemmons identified as white (not Hispanic), 37% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 58%
Black (not Hispanic) 37%
Two or more races 2.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Clemmonss

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Anthony Clemmons
American basketball player (born 1994)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Clemmons

Clemmons has the Soundex code C455, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C455.

Questions

Where does the surname Clemmons come from?: Variant of Clemons.
How common is the surname Clemmons?: 7,914 people in the United States had the surname Clemmons in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 39,013 Americans. It ranked 4,484th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Clemmons?: In the 2010 Census, 58% of people named Clemmons identified as white (not Hispanic), and 37% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Clemmons?: Anthony Clemmons, American basketball player (born 1994).
Where is the surname Clemmons most common?: Wikidata records people named Clemmons in Kazakhstan.
Is the surname Clemmons getting more or less common?: More common. 7,515 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,914 in 2010, up 5.3%.