Find out how popular the last name Clute is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Clute.

Clute, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Clute surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Clute in America

Clute is the 14160th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Clute surname appeared 2,121 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 people would have the surname Clute.

We can also compare 2010 data for Clute to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Clute

The surname CLUTE is believed to have originated in the Netherlands, specifically in the province of Friesland. It likely emerged sometime during the late medieval period, around the 13th or 14th century.

CLUTE is thought to be derived from the Dutch word "kluit," which means a clod or lump of earth. This suggests that the name may have been given to someone who lived near or worked on a particular plot of land or farm.

One of the earliest known references to the CLUTE surname can be found in a Dutch census record from the year 1522, which lists a family by the name of "Kloete" residing in the town of Leeuwarden, Friesland.

In the 17th century, as the Dutch began to establish colonies in North America, some individuals bearing the CLUTE name emigrated to the New World. One notable early example is Hendrick Jansen Clute, who was born in the Netherlands around 1620 and later settled in the Dutch colony of New Netherland (present-day New York) in the 1650s.

Another early CLUTE settler in North America was Johannes Clute, who was born in the Netherlands around 1665 and later immigrated to the British colony of New York in the late 17th century.

Over the centuries, the CLUTE surname has been spelled in various ways, including Cluit, Cluyt, and Cluett. Some alternate spellings may have been influenced by regional dialects or phonetic adaptations.

Notable individuals with the CLUTE surname throughout history include:

1. Gregor Chlopicki (also known as Gregor Clute), a Polish military commander who lived from 1772 to 1854 and played a significant role in the November Uprising against Russian rule.

2. Robert E. Clute, an American businessman and politician who served as the Mayor of Schenectady, New York, from 1912 to 1915.

3. William N. Clute, an American botanist and writer who lived from 1869 to 1944 and authored several books on ferns and other plant species.

4. Wilfred Clute, a Canadian politician who served as a member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1935 to 1949, representing the riding of Dauphin, Manitoba.

5. John K. Clute, an American science fiction critic and editor who has been active since the late 20th century and has written extensively on the genre.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Clute

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Clute.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Clute was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Clute has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Clute was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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