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    The surname Closson

    A surname, carried by 1,928 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C425

    Closson: #15,250 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Closson #15,250, 1,928 people Closson: #15,250 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Closson #15,250, 1,928 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Closson is more common than 90.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,928 people named Closson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 160,138 Americans. That is up 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,885.

    #15,250
    rank among US surnames
    1,928
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.3%
    change since 2000 (was #14,498)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,246Soden1,929160,055
    #15,250Moorefield1,928160,138
    #15,255Bohman1,927160,221
    #15,259Fritch1,926160,304

    Who is named Closson

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

    91% of people named Closson identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 91%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 4.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Closson

    Closson has the Soundex code C425, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C425.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Closson?
    1,928 people in the United States had the surname Closson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 160,138 Americans. It ranked 15,250th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Closson?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Closson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Closson getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,885 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,928 in 2010, up 2.3%.