How common is the surname Clouse?

8,809 people in the United States had the surname Clouse in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 35,049 Americans. It ranked 4,032nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Clouse?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Clouse identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Clouse?

Robert Clouse, American film director (1928–1997).

Where is the surname Clouse most common?

Wikidata records people named Clouse in the United States.

Is the surname Clouse getting more or less common?

More common. 8,341 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,809 in 2010, up 5.6%.

The surname Clouse

A surname, carried by 8,809 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex C420

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Clouse is more common than 97.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,809 people named Clouse in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 35,049 Americans. That is up 5.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,341.

#4,032

rank among US surnames

8,809

people in 2010

3.0

per 100,000 Americans

+5.6%

change since 2000 (was #3,915)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,024	Fung	8,837	34,938
#4,025	Hutchings	8,833	34,954
#4,026	Himes	8,831	34,962
#4,027	Frame	8,827	34,977
#4,028	Creel	8,815	35,025
#4,029	Fortin	8,814	35,029
#4,031	Dodds	8,813	35,033

Who is named Clouse

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

95% of people named Clouse identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Clouses

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Robert Clouse
American film director (1928–1997)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Clouse

Clouse has the Soundex code C420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C420.

Questions

How common is the surname Clouse?: 8,809 people in the United States had the surname Clouse in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 35,049 Americans. It ranked 4,032nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Clouse?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Clouse identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Clouse?: Robert Clouse, American film director (1928–1997).
Where is the surname Clouse most common?: Wikidata records people named Clouse in the United States.
Is the surname Clouse getting more or less common?: More common. 8,341 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,809 in 2010, up 5.6%.