How common is the surname Clewis?

1,037 people in the United States had the surname Clewis in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 297,730 Americans. It ranked 24,214th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Clewis getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,058 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,037 in 2010, down 2.0%.

The surname Clewis

A surname, carried by 1,037 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C420

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Clewis is more common than 85.1% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,037 people named Clewis in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 297,730 Americans. That is down 2.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,058.

#24,214

rank among US surnames

1,037

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

-2%

change since 2000 (was #22,670)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#24,214	Ansel	1,037	297,730
#24,222	Hallgren	1,036	298,017

Who is named Clewis

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

52% of people named Clewis identified as white (not Hispanic), 42% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 52%
Black (not Hispanic) 42%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 2.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Clewis

Clewis has the Soundex code C420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C420.

Questions

How common is the surname Clewis?: 1,037 people in the United States had the surname Clewis in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 297,730 Americans. It ranked 24,214th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Clewis?: In the 2010 Census, 52% of people named Clewis identified as white (not Hispanic), and 42% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Clewis getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,058 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,037 in 2010, down 2.0%.