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    The surname Clemons

    A surname, carried by 27,022 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C455

    Clemons: #1,300 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Clemons #1,300, 27,022 people Clemons: #1,300 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Clemons #1,300, 27,022 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Clemons is more common than 99.2% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 27,022 people named Clemons in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 11,426 Americans. That is up 7.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 25,265.

    #1,300
    rank among US surnames
    27,022
    people in 2010
    9.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +7%
    change since 2000 (was #1,282)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #1,291Dwyer27,24011,334
    #1,292Shirley27,22411,341
    #1,293Muller27,21611,344
    #1,294Courtney27,20511,349
    #1,295Slaughter27,15511,370
    #1,296Polk27,09411,395
    #1,297Lemus27,07911,402

    Who is named Clemons

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

    51% of people named Clemons identified as white (not Hispanic), 43% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 51%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 43%
    • Two or more races 2.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Clemonss

    5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Clarence Clemons
      American saxophonist (1942–2011)
    • Kiersey Clemons
      American actress and singer (born 1993)
    • Kyle Clemons
      American sprinter, born 1990
    • Christina Clemons
      American hurdler, born 1990
    • Chris Clemons
      American basketball player (born 1997)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Clemons

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Clemons?
    27,022 people in the United States had the surname Clemons in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 11,426 Americans. It ranked 1,300th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Clemons?
    In the 2010 Census, 51% of people named Clemons identified as white (not Hispanic), and 43% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Clemons?
    Clarence Clemons, American saxophonist (1942–2011), followed by Kiersey Clemons.
    Where is the surname Clemons most common?
    Wikidata records people named Clemons in the United States.
    Is the surname Clemons getting more or less common?
    More common. 25,265 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 27,022 in 2010, up 7.0%.