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The surname Clingman

A surname, carried by 1,035 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C452

Clingman: #24,237 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Clingman #24,237, 1,035 people Clingman: #24,237 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Clingman #24,237, 1,035 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Clingman is more common than 85.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,035 people named Clingman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 298,305 Americans. That is down 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,189.

#24,237
rank among US surnames
1,035
people in 2010
0.3
per 100,000 Americans
-13%
change since 2000 (was #20,676)

Who is named Clingman

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

83% of people named Clingman identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 83%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 11%
  • Two or more races 2.8%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Clingman

Clingman 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 Clingman?
1,035 people in the United States had the surname Clingman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 298,305 Americans. It ranked 24,237th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Clingman?
In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Clingman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Clingman getting more or less common?
Less common. 1,189 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,035 in 2010, down 13%.