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    The surname Clothier

    A surname, carried by 1,567 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C436

    Clothier: #17,851 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Clothier #17,851, 1,567 people Clothier: #17,851 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Clothier #17,851, 1,567 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Clothier is more common than 89% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,567 people named Clothier in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 197,030 Americans. That is up 3.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,511.

    #17,851
    rank among US surnames
    1,567
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.7%
    change since 2000 (was #17,253)

    Who is named Clothier

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

    96% of people named Clothier identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Clothier

    Clothier has the Soundex code C436, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C436.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Clothier?
    1,567 people in the United States had the surname Clothier in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 197,030 Americans. It ranked 17,851st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Clothier?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Clothier identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Clothier getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,511 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,567 in 2010, up 3.7%.