How common is the last name Cleary?

15,419 people in the United States have the last name Cleary, about 1 in 19,385. It ranks #2,306 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

CLEARY

#2,306

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
15,419
About
1 in 19,385
This common or more
49.5%
Who bears it

Of the 15,419 people with the last name Cleary, 89.7% reported their origin as White, 3.8% as Hispanic or Latino and 2.8% as Black. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Cleary

#2,304 Rader · 15,423#2,305 Dawkins · 15,422#2,307 Torrez · 15,406#2,308 Deluca · 15,405

Spelled almost the same

4 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Cleary, most common first.

#3,280 Clary · 10,741#13,999 Clear · 2,062#56,803 Cleare · 388#106,101 Clery · 179

Also a first name

As a first name, Cleary ranks #48,840 of 53,615, with 129 people. See Cleary as a first name

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