The Clemmons surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,914 people carried this name — #4,484 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 37,300 people counted. That is up 5% from 7,515 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Clemmons surname

Variant of Clemons.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Clemmons» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In print

Clemmons in American newspapers,
1898–1908.

Newspaper page from Milk River Valley News carrying the name Clemmons
Milk River Valley News 1908-05-14
Newspaper page from Foster's Daily Democrat carrying the name Clemmons
Foster's Daily Democrat 1898-10-18
Newspaper page from The Washington Times carrying the name Clemmons
The Washington Times 1907-05-19

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 15,124 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Clemmons in Australian newspapers,
1870s–1930s.

222 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Clemmons. The most, 112, date from the 1900s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Western Australia, at 1.6 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 62
Victoria 60
Queensland 35
Western Australia 34
South Australia 16
Tasmania 15

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Clemmons.

Who carried it

People named Clemmons,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Maurice Clemmons
    Maurice Clemmons 1972–2009
  • Abel Clemmons 1772–1806
  • Larry Clemmons 1906–1981 · actor
  • Jack Clemmons 1922–1998
  • David Clemmons 1947–2026 · physician

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Clemmons,
in the records of 3 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States374 records

374 records of the Clemmons name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 244
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 78
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 26
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 8
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 5
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 4
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Hanford E. Clemmons

    Born 1925 in Colorado. Enlisted 1943 at Richmond, Virginia; auto mechanic. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 1997, buried at Memphis National Cemetery, Tennessee.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Jack Elliott Clemmons

    Born 1936; from Atmore, Alabama. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1965 in South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record William Clemmons

    Arrived at New York in 1854 aboard the William Tapscott from Liverpool, aged 23; laborer. From Ireland.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 374 records for Clemmons in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Canada2 records

2 records of the Clemmons name in Canada Nova Scotia Archives name indexes
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record John Clemmons

    Listed at Yarmouth, Nova Scotia in the census and tax rolls of 1773.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Donald Scott Clemmons

    Married 1945 in Stewiacke, Colchester, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

Australia1 record

1 record of the Clemmons name in Australia Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Wm Clemmons

    Arrived in Victoria in 1864 aboard the Great Britain, aged 23.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

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