Clement
22,799 people in the United States were counted with the surname Clement in the 2020 census, making it the 1,533rd most common in the country. That is about one person in 13,100.
By the numbers
- People
- 22,799
- Rank
- 1,533rd
- How common
- 1 in 13,100
- Per 100,000
- 7.6
Where the name comes from
From Latin Clēmens (genitive Clēmentis), name of early saints and popes, from clēmens (“merciful”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Who bears the name
How people with the surname Clement described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:
Notable people called Clement
- Jemaine Clement (born 1974)New Zealand actor and musician
- René Clément (1913–1996)French film director and screenwriter
- Kerron Clement (born 1985)American track and field athlete, Olympic athlete
- Hal Clement (1922–2003)American author
- Arnaud Clément (born 1977)French tennis player
- Philippe Clement (born 1974)Belgian footballer and football coach
- Aurore Clément (born 1945)French actress
- Suzanne Clément (born 1969)Canadian actress
People named Clement with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).
Surnames like Clement
Also a first name
Clement has been given to 14,173 American babies as a first name since 1880, peaking in 1918. See it as a given name.
Try it on yourself
Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.