How common is the surname Clower?

2,132 people in the United States had the surname Clower in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 144,815 Americans. It ranked 14,096th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Clower?

Robert W. Clower, American economist (1926-2011).

Where is the surname Clower most common?

Wikidata records people named Clower in the United States.

Is the surname Clower getting more or less common?

More common. 2,105 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,132 in 2010, up 1.3%.

The surname Clower

An occupational surname, carried by 2,132 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C460

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Clower is more common than 91.3% of them.

Origin

Two possible origins: * English occupational surname for a nailer, from an agent derivative of Old French clou (“nail”). * Americanized spelling of German Klauer.

Clower is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,132 people named Clower in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 144,815 Americans. That is up 1.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,105.

#14,096

rank among US surnames

2,132

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+1.3%

change since 2000 (was #13,291)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,090	Cumbie	2,134	144,679
#14,093	Cull	2,133	144,747
#14,096	Vanpatten	2,132	144,815
#14,105	Heeter	2,131	144,883

Who is named Clower

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

88% of people named Clower identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 88%
Black (not Hispanic) 7.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Clowers

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Robert W. Clower
American economist (1926-2011)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Clower

Clower has the Soundex code C460, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C460.

Questions

Where does the surname Clower come from?: Two possible origins: * English occupational surname for a nailer, from an agent derivative of Old French clou (“nail”). * Americanized spelling of German Klauer.
How common is the surname Clower?: 2,132 people in the United States had the surname Clower in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 144,815 Americans. It ranked 14,096th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Clower?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Clower identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Clower?: Robert W. Clower, American economist (1926-2011).
Where is the surname Clower most common?: Wikidata records people named Clower in the United States.
What type of surname is Clower?: Clower is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Clower getting more or less common?: More common. 2,105 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,132 in 2010, up 1.3%.