How common is the surname Clymer?

3,329 people in the United States had the surname Clymer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 92,744 Americans. It ranked 9,736th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Clymer?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Clymer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Clymer?

George Clymer, American politician (1739-1813), followed by Ben Clymer.

Where is the surname Clymer most common?

Wikidata records people named Clymer in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the United States.

Is the surname Clymer getting more or less common?

More common. 3,228 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,329 in 2010, up 3.1%.

The surname Clymer

A surname, carried by 3,329 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C456

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Clymer is more common than 94% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,329 people named Clymer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 92,744 Americans. That is up 3.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,228.

#9,736

rank among US surnames

3,329

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+3.1%

change since 2000 (was #9,283)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,733	Frakes	3,332	92,661
#9,734	Strode	3,331	92,689
#9,735	Crispin	3,330	92,716
#9,736	Clymer	3,329	92,744

Who is named Clymer

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

94% of people named Clymer identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Clymers

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

George Clymer
American politician (1739-1813)
Ben Clymer
American ice hockey player, born 1978

Notable Clymers come mostly from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Clymer

Clymer has the Soundex code C456, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C456.

Questions

How common is the surname Clymer?: 3,329 people in the United States had the surname Clymer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 92,744 Americans. It ranked 9,736th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Clymer?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Clymer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Clymer?: George Clymer, American politician (1739-1813), followed by Ben Clymer.
Where is the surname Clymer most common?: Wikidata records people named Clymer in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the United States.
Is the surname Clymer getting more or less common?: More common. 3,228 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,329 in 2010, up 3.1%.