Clemen

surname · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/ˈkɫɛmən/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Clemen is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Philippines than in any other country. In Vatican City it is the 73rd most common surname. Recorded meaning: Borrowed from German Clemen.

rarermore common
  • PHPhilippines≈1 in 65K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 637K
  • DKDenmark1 in 117K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Philippines (inferred from the name graph)

≈1,700 people, est.

Sources
151 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 65K (inferred from the name graph)

Philippines, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Borrowed from German Clemen.

Sources 2

Where in the world(measured from records)

Clemen counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Clemen is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
PH Philippines—≈1,700 est.≈1 in 65K—Clemen34
US United States—5221 in 637K545Clemen151
DE Germany—≈450 est.≈1 in 177K—Clemen67
NG Nigeria—≈150 est.≈1 in 1.5M—Clemen9
IT Italy—≈56 est.≈1 in 1.1M—Clemen9
DK Denmark—501 in 117K50—2
AT Austria—≈34 est.≈1 in 259K—Clemen2
CH Switzerland—211 in 400K21Clemen5
VA Vatican City#73———Clemen1

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Clemen is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Philippines, Argentina, United States, Mexico

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Clémen, Clemén, Clemeñ

  • Danish surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Denmark, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States

    Languages: Danish, Swedish

    Also written Clemén, Clémen

44 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Clemen is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In enm, To rub with plaster or stucco, especially for adherence.

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1850190019502000Pol Clemen, b. 1861Carl Clemen, b. 1865Paul Clemen, b. 1866Otto Clemen, b. 1871Wolfgang Clemen, b. 1909Harald Clemen, b. 1947Robert Clemen, b. 1967

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Ms Clemen,
InformalHi Clemen,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 26 sources across 16 countries.

Official registers attesting Clemen
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex202087#47,181
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex202052#47,181
DK DenmarkDanmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts)—26#3,620
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)19306—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)19286—

Reference works 3

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Clemen mean, and where does it come from?
Borrowed from German Clemen. Recorded by Wiktionary and Nordic Names.
How do you pronounce Clemen?
A machine transcription gives /ˈkɫɛmən/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Clemen have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 1.7 thousand people named Clemen in the Philippines, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled clemen.
How common is the name Clemen?
In the United States, the national register counted 522 people named Clemen in 2010, about 1 in 637 thousand residents.
How common is Clemen compared with other names?
In Vatican City, Clemen is the 73rd most common surname of 1,275 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Clemen” — the 73rd most common surname in Vatican City. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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