How common is the surname Cloyd?

3,475 people in the United States had the surname Cloyd in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 88,848 Americans. It ranked 9,361st of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Cloyd getting more or less common?

More common. 3,395 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,475 in 2010, up 2.4%.

Is Cloyd also a first name?

Yes. Cloyd is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Cloyd

A surname, carried by 3,475 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex C430 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cloyd is more common than 94.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,475 people named Cloyd in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 88,848 Americans. That is up 2.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,395.

#9,361

rank among US surnames

3,475

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+2.4%

change since 2000 (was #8,868)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,352	McCammon	3,478	88,771
#9,355	Acord	3,477	88,797
#9,357	Devault	3,476	88,822
#9,361	Mundt	3,475	88,848
#9,365	Callison	3,474	88,873
#9,366	Wear	3,473	88,899
#9,368	Liss	3,472	88,924

Who is named Cloyd

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

81% of people named Cloyd identified as white (not Hispanic), 15% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 81%
Black (not Hispanic) 15%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Cloyd

Cloyd has the Soundex code C430, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C430.

Questions

How common is the surname Cloyd?: 3,475 people in the United States had the surname Cloyd in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 88,848 Americans. It ranked 9,361st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Cloyd?: In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Cloyd identified as white (not Hispanic), and 15% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Cloyd getting more or less common?: More common. 3,395 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,475 in 2010, up 2.4%.
Is Cloyd also a first name?: Yes. Cloyd is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.