How common is the surname Clingerman?

1,272 people in the United States had the surname Clingerman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 242,724 Americans. It ranked 20,770th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Clingerman?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Clingerman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Clingerman getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,358 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,272 in 2010, down 6.3%.

The surname Clingerman

A surname, carried by 1,272 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex C452

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Clingerman is more common than 87.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,272 people named Clingerman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 242,724 Americans. That is down 6.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,358.

#20,770

rank among US surnames

1,272

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-6.3%

change since 2000 (was #18,693)

Who is named Clingerman

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

95% of people named Clingerman identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
Two or more races 1.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

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

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Surnames that sound like Clingerman

Clingerman has the Soundex code C452, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C452.

Questions

How common is the surname Clingerman?: 1,272 people in the United States had the surname Clingerman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 242,724 Americans. It ranked 20,770th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Clingerman?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Clingerman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Clingerman getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,358 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,272 in 2010, down 6.3%.