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    The surname Clinkscales

    A surname, carried by 2,035 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C452

    Clinkscales: #14,624 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Clinkscales #14,624, 2,035 people Clinkscales: #14,624 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Clinkscales #14,624, 2,035 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Clinkscales is more common than 91% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,035 people named Clinkscales in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 151,718 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 2,039.

    #14,624
    rank among US surnames
    2,035
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    -0.2%
    change since 2000 (was #13,648)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #14,617Maza2,036151,643
    #14,624McQuillen2,035151,718
    #14,631Lyda2,034151,792

    Who is named Clinkscales

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

    57% of people named Clinkscales identified as Black (not Hispanic), 38% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • Black (not Hispanic) 57%
    • White (not Hispanic) 38%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Clinkscales

    Clinkscales 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 Clinkscales?
    2,035 people in the United States had the surname Clinkscales in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 151,718 Americans. It ranked 14,624th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Clinkscales?
    In the 2010 Census, 57% of people named Clinkscales identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 38% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Clinkscales getting more or less common?
    Less common. 2,039 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,035 in 2010, down 0.2%.