How common is the surname Cleveland?

31,123 people in the United States had the surname Cleveland in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 9,920 Americans. It ranked 1,127th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Cleveland?

Grover Cleveland, 22nd & 24th President of the United States (1885–1889; 1893–1897), followed by Davis Cleveland.

Where is the surname Cleveland most common?

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

How do you pronounce Cleveland?

Cleveland is /ˈkliv.lənd/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Cleveland getting more or less common?

More common. 30,233 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 31,123 in 2010, up 2.9%.

Is Cleveland also a first name?

Yes. Cleveland is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Cleveland

An English surname, carried by 31,123 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈkliv.lənd/ 2 syllables Soundex C414 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cleveland is more common than 99.3% of them.

Origin

English origin

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.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 31,123 people named Cleveland in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 9,920 Americans. That is up 2.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 30,233.

#1,127

rank among US surnames

31,123

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+2.9%

change since 2000 (was #1,056)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,118	Daly	31,330	9,855
#1,119	Winter	31,310	9,861
#1,120	Abraham	31,303	9,863
#1,121	Baez	31,298	9,865
#1,122	Rodrigues	31,280	9,870
#1,123	Wooten	31,249	9,880
#1,124	Hartley	31,221	9,889

Who is named Cleveland

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

66% of people named Cleveland identified as white (not Hispanic), 26% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

White (not Hispanic) 66%
Black (not Hispanic) 26%
American Indian and Alaska Native 2.9%
Two or more races 2.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Clevelands

11 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Grover Cleveland
22nd & 24th President of the United States (1885–1889; 1893–1897)
Davis Cleveland
American actor, born 2002
Carol Cleveland
American-British actress, born 1942
Jimmy Cleveland
American jazz trombonist (1926-2008)
George Cleveland
Actor, 1885–1957
Antonius Cleveland
American basketball player (born 1994)
James Cleveland
American gospel singer, musician, and composer, 1931–1991
Pat Cleveland
American model, born 1950
Patience Cleveland
American actress (1931-2004)
Chauncey Fitch Cleveland
American politician (1799-1887)
James Colgate Cleveland
American politician (1920-1995)

Notable Clevelands come mostly from the United States (9), the United Kingdom (1) and Canada (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Cleveland

Cleaveland

Cleveland has the Soundex code C414, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C414.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Cleveland come from?: 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.
How common is the surname Cleveland?: 31,123 people in the United States had the surname Cleveland in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 9,920 Americans. It ranked 1,127th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Cleveland?: In the 2010 Census, 66% of people named Cleveland identified as white (not Hispanic), and 26% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Cleveland?: Grover Cleveland, 22nd & 24th President of the United States (1885–1889; 1893–1897), followed by Davis Cleveland.
Where is the surname Cleveland most common?: Wikidata records people named Cleveland in the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada.
How do you pronounce Cleveland?: Cleveland is /ˈkliv.lənd/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Cleveland getting more or less common?: More common. 30,233 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 31,123 in 2010, up 2.9%.
Is Cleveland also a first name?: Yes. Cleveland is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.