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    The surname Cleverly

    An English place surname, carried by 538 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈklɛvəli/ 3 syllables Soundex C416

    Cleverly: #40,610 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Cleverly #40,610, 538 people Cleverly: #40,610 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Cleverly #40,610, 538 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cleverly is more common than 75% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    Perhaps a variant of Cleveley, through an irregular development, or a possibly a habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place in Hampshire, from Old English clǣfre (“clover”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”) and thus equivalent to clover + -ley (“lea”).

    Cleverly is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    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 538 people named Cleverly in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 573,876 Americans. That is up 15% since 2000, when the Census counted 468.

    #40,610
    rank among US surnames
    538
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +15%
    change since 2000 (was #43,463)

    Who is named Cleverly

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

    95% of people named Cleverly identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Cleverley

    Surnames that sound like Cleverly

    Cleverly has the Soundex code C416, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C416.

    Other English surnames

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    Questions

    Where does the surname Cleverly come from?
    Perhaps a variant of Cleveley, through an irregular development, or a possibly a habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place in Hampshire, from Old English clǣfre (“clover”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”) and thus equivalent to clover + -ley (“lea”).
    How common is the surname Cleverly?
    538 people in the United States had the surname Cleverly in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 573,876 Americans. It ranked 40,610th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Cleverly?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Cleverly identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    How do you pronounce Cleverly?
    Cleverly is /ˈklɛvəli/, 3 syllables.
    What type of surname is Cleverly?
    Cleverly is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Cleverly getting more or less common?
    More common. 468 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 538 in 2010, up 15%.
    What are other spellings of Cleverly?
    Cleverley.