How common is the surname Clendening?

1,365 people in the United States had the surname Clendening in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 226,187 Americans. It ranked 19,731st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Clendening?

Adam Clendening, American ice hockey player.

Where is the surname Clendening most common?

Wikidata records people named Clendening in the United States.

Is the surname Clendening getting more or less common?

More common. 1,320 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,365 in 2010, up 3.4%.

The surname Clendening

A surname, carried by 1,365 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex C453

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Clendening is more common than 87.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,365 people named Clendening in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 226,187 Americans. That is up 3.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,320.

#19,731

rank among US surnames

1,365

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+3.4%

change since 2000 (was #19,071)

Who is named Clendening

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

90% of people named Clendening identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Clendenings

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Adam Clendening
American ice hockey player, born 1992

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Clendening

Clendening has the Soundex code C453, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C453.

Questions

How common is the surname Clendening?: 1,365 people in the United States had the surname Clendening in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 226,187 Americans. It ranked 19,731st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Clendening?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Clendening identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Clendening?: Adam Clendening, American ice hockey player.
Where is the surname Clendening most common?: Wikidata records people named Clendening in the United States.
Is the surname Clendening getting more or less common?: More common. 1,320 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,365 in 2010, up 3.4%.