How common is the surname Cluff?

3,510 people in the United States had the surname Cluff in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 87,962 Americans. It ranked 9,274th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Cluff?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Cluff identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Cluff getting more or less common?

More common. 3,210 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,510 in 2010, up 9.3%.

The surname Cluff

A surname, carried by 3,510 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex C410

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cluff is more common than 94.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,510 people named Cluff in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 87,962 Americans. That is up 9.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,210.

#9,274

rank among US surnames

3,510

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+9.3%

change since 2000 (was #9,323)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,267	Deleo	3,513	87,887
#9,271	Riker	3,512	87,912
#9,273	Woodside	3,511	87,937
#9,274	Cluff	3,510	87,962
#9,276	Calderone	3,509	87,987
#9,279	Spies	3,508	88,012

Who is named Cluff

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

92% of people named Cluff identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.6% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.6%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Cluff

Cluff has the Soundex code C410, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C410.

Questions

How common is the surname Cluff?: 3,510 people in the United States had the surname Cluff in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 87,962 Americans. It ranked 9,274th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Cluff?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Cluff identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Cluff getting more or less common?: More common. 3,210 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,510 in 2010, up 9.3%.