Close

At the 2020 census, 8,968 Americans bore the surname Close — 3,854th out of 156,621 surnames on file. That is about one person in 33,300.

By the numbers

People: 8,968
Rank: 3,854th
How common: 1 in 33,300
Per 100,000: 3.0

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Close described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 88.9%
Black, not Hispanic 4.0%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 3.3%
Hispanic or Latino 2.8%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.6%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.4%

Notable people called Close

Glenn Close (born 1947)American actress
Chuck Close (1941–2021)American artist
Eric Close (born 1967)American actor
Del Close (1934–1999)actor, writer, teacher
Joshua Close (born 1981)Canadian actor
Alex Close (1921–2008)cyclist
Ivy Close (1890–1968)British actress

People named Close with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Close

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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.