# Cleveland (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/cleveland/  
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 | English |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 31,123 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,127 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 9,920 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.9% (30,233 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈkliv.lənd/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From place names in England (i.e. Cleveland, England), from Middle English Cleveland, Clyveland, from Middle English clive, cleve, cleove (“cliff”) + land, equivalent to cliff + land.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Cleveland 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) | 66% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 26% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 2.9% |
| Two or more races | 2.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Cleveland in the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada.

## People named Cleveland

- Grover Cleveland, 22nd & 24th President of the United States (1885–1889; 1893–1897)
- Davis Cleveland, American actor
- Carol Cleveland, American-British actress
- Jimmy Cleveland, American jazz trombonist (1926-2008)
- George Cleveland, actor
- Antonius Cleveland, American basketball player (born 1994)
- James Cleveland, American gospel singer, musician, and composer
- Pat Cleveland, American model
- Patience Cleveland, American actress (1931-2004)
- Chauncey Fitch Cleveland, American politician (1799-1887)
- James Colgate Cleveland, American politician (1920-1995)

## Similar surnames

Cleaveland, Calvillo, Claypool, Caulfield, Claflin, Colville, Claypoole, Coulibaly.

## 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.