The CLOUGH surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
	Total	Rank	Frequency %	Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot)	9,032	3616	0.003	34
United States (1880 census)	4,587	1358	0.009	92
Change since 1880	+4445	-2258	-0.006	-58
Other Countries
Australia	1,070	1545	0.007	65
United Kingdom	5,987	1048	0.013	130

Top States for CLOUGH by Total
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
California	672	4337	0.002	20
Massachusetts	532	1693	0.008	84
New Hampshire	529	287	0.043	428
Florida	528	3856	0.003	33
New York	526	3650	0.003	28
Top States for CLOUGH by Frequency
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
New Hampshire	529	287	0.043	428
Maine	388	647	0.030	304
Vermont	151	638	0.025	248
Delaware	159	842	0.020	203
Massachusetts	532	1693	0.008	84

Notes

Total is the total number of people with that surname.
Rank is the position in the list of names ordered by total (eg, a rank of 1 means that it's the most common name, and a rank of 10 means it's the tenth most common, etc).
Frequency is the percentage of people with that surname.
Per million people is the number of people with that surname per million of the population.

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called CLOUGH live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called CLOUGH represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called CLOUGH in California than any other state, but you are more likely to find a CLOUGH by picking someone at random in New Hampshire than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of CLOUGH

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: Location or Geographical Feature

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the CLOUGH surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the CLOUGH surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of CLOUGH in the USA

Classification	Total	Percent
Black/African American	240	2.66
White (Hispanic)	130	1.44
Mixed Race	117	1.3
Native American/Alaskan	38	0.42
Asian/Pacific	34	0.38
White (Caucasian)	8,473	93.81

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the CLOUGH surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of CLOUGH in historical publications

(origin: Anglo-Saxon. Local) A small valley between hills, a breach; from the past of the Anglo-Saxon participle cleofian, to cleave, divide.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.

CLOUGH. A ravine, glen, or deep descent between hills. N. of Eng. Cloff, Scotl. The Cloughs of Plas-Clough claim a Norman origin, from the Seigneurs de Eohan, and appeal to their name and arms for proof. B.L.G. To my e)'e, both arms and name are as English as need be.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

Similar names to CLOUGH

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as CLOUGH.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.