# Cline (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/cline/  
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 | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 50,258 |
| US rank (2010) | 684 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 6,143 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.2% (49,167 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Cline 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) | 93% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.9% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Cline in the United States.

## People named Cline

- Patsy Cline, American country singer (1932–1963)
- Madelyn Cline, American actress (born 1997)
- Ernest Cline, American novelist, slam poet, and screenwriter (born 1972)
- Edward F. Cline, American actor and director (1891-1961)
- Nels Cline, American guitarist and composer
- Ben Cline, American politician in Virginia (born 1972)
- Emma Cline, American writer (born 1989)
- Eric H. Cline, American archaeologist and historian
- Chris Cline, American coal mining entrepreneur and philanthropist

## Similar surnames

Colin, Collin, Clyne, Clune, Colina, Colon, Callahan, Calhoun, Cullen, Clem, Callan, Cullum.

## 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.