How common is the surname Cline?

50,258 people in the United States had the surname Cline in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 6,143 Americans. It ranked 684th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Cline?

Patsy Cline, American country singer (1932–1963), followed by Madelyn Cline.

Where is the surname Cline most common?

Wikidata records people named Cline in the United States.

Is the surname Cline getting more or less common?

More common. 49,167 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 50,258 in 2010, up 2.2%.

The surname Cline

A surname, carried by 50,258 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex C450

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cline is more common than 99.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 50,258 people named Cline in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 6,143 Americans. That is up 2.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 49,167.

#684

rank among US surnames

50,258

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+2.2%

change since 2000 (was #628)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#676	Boyer	50,742	6,085
#677	Garrison	50,686	6,091
#678	Arroyo	50,614	6,100
#679	Bond	50,610	6,100
#680	Kane	50,584	6,104
#681	Hancock	50,558	6,107
#682	Callahan	50,524	6,111

Who is named Cline

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

93% of people named Cline identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Clines

9 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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, born 1956
Ben Cline
American politician in Virginia (born 1972)
Emma Cline
American writer (born 1989)
Eric H. Cline
American archaeologist and historian, born 1960
Chris Cline
American coal mining entrepreneur and philanthropist, 1958–2019

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Cline

Cline has the Soundex code C450, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C450.

Questions

How common is the surname Cline?: 50,258 people in the United States had the surname Cline in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 6,143 Americans. It ranked 684th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Cline?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Cline identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Cline?: Patsy Cline, American country singer (1932–1963), followed by Madelyn Cline.
Where is the surname Cline most common?: Wikidata records people named Cline in the United States.
Is the surname Cline getting more or less common?: More common. 49,167 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 50,258 in 2010, up 2.2%.