# Cloud (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/cloud/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

An Amerind surname from meteorology

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 14,555 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,478 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 21,212 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.1% (13,985 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As an English surname, from Old English clūd (“rock”). * As a Native American surname, translated from names such as Dakota mahpiya (“cloud”). Compare Red Cloud. * As a French surname, from an old Germanic name Hlodald, composed of *hlūd (“loud, famous, clear”) + *wald (“rule”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Cloud in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 69% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 17% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 6.8% |
| Two or more races | 3.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Cloud in the United States and Jordan.

## People named Cloud

- Angus Cloud, American actor from California (1998–2023)
- Michael Cloud, American politician (born 1975)
- Preston Cloud, American earth scientist, biogeologist, cosmologist, and paleontologist (1912–1991)
- Natasha Cloud, American basketball player
- Kevin Cloud, American video game artist

## Similar surnames

Claudio, Cloyd, Claude, Collado, Collett, Child, Collette, Clyde, Colletti, Coletti, Clute, Coletta.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.