The Clemente surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 9,797 people carried this name — #3,626 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 30,100 people counted. That is up 31% from 7,453 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 4,785 people named Clemente 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 Buenos Aires Province.
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 666 people named Clemente.
Most of them — 335 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 55 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
442 people named Clemente live in Switzerland.
They live in 17 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 78 people named Clemente 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.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
31 people named Clemente is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
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).
In print
Clemente in American newspapers,
1914–1920.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 18,992 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Clemente,
with a public archive behind them.
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Claudio Clemente 1594–1642 · writer -
Claudio Clemente 1596–1642 · writer
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Simon de Roxas Clemente y Rubio 1777–1827 · politician -
Juan Clemente Zenea 1831–1871 · writer -
Juan Clemente Zenea 1832–1871 · writer
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Alfonso Clemente de Aróstegui 1698–1774 · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Clemente.
- 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
- Clement 23,830 · 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
- Clerge 329 · U.S. census
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