Explore the Family Name Clemenson

The meaning of Clemenson

1. English and Scottish (Lanarkshire): variant of Clementson. 2. Americanized form of Danish or Norwegian Clemensen and perhaps also of its cognates Clementsen and Klementsen. In some cases this is also an Americanized form of the rare Swedish cognate patronymics, such as Clemensson.

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How common is the last name Clemenson in the United States?

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Clemenson has seen a slight decrease between 2000 and 2010. The ranking of the surname dropped from 35,239 in 2000 to 36,838 in 2010, marking a decline of 4.54%. Nevertheless, the actual count of individuals with this surname remained stable, rising slightly from 605 to 606 over the same period. The proportion per 100k also saw a minor decrease of 4.55%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#35,239	#36,838	-4.54%
Count	605	606	0.17%
Proportion per 100k	0.22	0.21	-4.55%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Clemenson

In terms of ethnic identity, the Decennial U.S. Census data shows that the largest ethnicity group with the surname Clemenson is White, constituting 90.10% in 2010, a small drop from 91.90% in 2000. There was a notable increase in the Hispanic population carrying the Clemenson name, showing a growth of 28.57% over the decade. Similarly, the Black population within the Clemenson surname holders increased by 11.74%. Meanwhile, the percentage of Asian/Pacific Islanders and American Indians or Alaskan Natives with this surname fell to zero, and the percentage of those identifying with two or more races remained unchanged at 2.15%.

	2000	2010	Change
White	91.9%	90.1%	-1.96%
Black	2.81%	3.14%	11.74%
Hispanic	2.31%	2.97%	28.57%
Two or More Races	2.15%	2.15%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.83%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%