The Clement surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 23,830 people carried this name — #1,505 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 12,400 people counted. That is up 3% from 23,233 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 23,943 people named Clement.
556 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 104 départements, most often Paris.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 2,336 people named Clement live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Hainaut.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
1,940 people named Clement live in Switzerland.
They live in 19 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Fribourg.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 484 people named Clement live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Santa Fe.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
77 people named Clement are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Clement in American newspapers,
1879–1917.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 762,082 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Clement,
with a public archive behind them.
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Margaret Clement 1508–1570 · mathematician -
Knut Jungbohn Clement 1803–1873 · writer -
Clara Erskine Clement 1834–1916 · writer -
Percival W. Clement 1846–1927 · businessperson -
Stephen Emmett Clement 1867–1947 · judge
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 196 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Clement.
- Clay 48,844 · U.S. census
- Clee 271 · U.S. census
- Clem 8,107 · U.S. census
- Clemence 535 · U.S. census
- Clemens 14,231 · U.S. census
- Clemenson 606 · U.S. census
- Clemente 9,797 · U.S. census
- Clementi 1,033 · U.S. census
- Clementz 423 · U.S. census
- Cler 303 · U.S. census
- Clerc 242 · U.S. census
- Clere 304 · U.S. census
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