The Clem surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 8,107 people carried this name — #4,384 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 36,400 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (8,087).
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 52 people named Clem.
Those born in France came from 3 départements, most often Martinique.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In print
Clem in American newspapers,
1916–1922.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 239,160 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Clem,
with a public archive behind them.
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Mary Clem 1905–1979 · mathematician
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Jimmy Clem 1932–2017 · film actor
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Ralph S. Clem 1943– · writer
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M. Clem 1959– · badminton player
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Michael Clem 1966– · musician
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Brian Clem 1972– · politician
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Clem.
- Clavet 217 · U.S. census
- Clavey 198 · U.S. census
- Clavier 436 · U.S. census
- Clavon 184 · U.S. census
- Clay 48,844 · U.S. census
- Clee 271 · U.S. census
- Clemence 535 · U.S. census
- Clemens 14,231 · U.S. census
- Clemenson 606 · U.S. census
- Clement 23,830 · U.S. census
- Clemente 9,797 · U.S. census
- Clementi 1,033 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Clem is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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