Explore the Family Name Clingerman

The meaning of Clingerman

Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Klingerman.

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

According to data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname "Clingerman" has seen a slight decline between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it was ranked as the 18,693rd most common surname in the United States, with 1,358 people bearing this name. By 2010, its ranking had dropped to 20,770, with the count of individuals having this surname also decreasing to 1,272. This signifies an overall negative change of 11.11% in rank and 6.33% in count over the decade. The proportion of people named Clingerman per 100,000 also declined by 14.0%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#18,693	#20,770	-11.11%
Count	1,358	1,272	-6.33%
Proportion per 100k	0.5	0.43	-14%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Clingerman

On the topic of ethnicity, the Decennial U.S. Census data reveals that the majority of individuals with the surname "Clingerman" identified as White both in 2000 and 2010, making up 95.95% and 94.81% of the total respectively. Over the decade, there was a minor decrease of 1.19% in this demographic. The Hispanic representation increased substantially from 1.77% in 2000 to 2.99% in 2010, showing a positive change of 68.93%. The percentage of those identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander decreased from 0.59% to zero within this period while the proportion of people identifying with two or more races fell by 25.17%. Notably, by 2010, some Clingermans started identifying as American Indian and Alaskan Native, which wasn't recorded in 2000.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.95%	94.81%	-1.19%
Hispanic	1.77%	2.99%	68.93%
Two or More Races	1.47%	1.1%	-25.17%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0.55%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.59%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%