Clairs Surname

3,485,539th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 32 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Clairs Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Clairs Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia291:930,88655,860
England11:55,718,059489,080
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England71:3,482,19689,582

Clairs (12) may also be a first name.

Clairs Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Clairs Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Clairs is found in Australia more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Clairs.

How Common Is The Last Name Clairs? popularity and diffusion

Clairs is the 3,485,539th most commonly held surname on earth, held by around 1 in 227,735,810 people. The surname Clairs occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 91 percent of Clairs reside; 91 percent reside in Australasia and 91 percent reside in Australia and New Zealand. It is also the 3,306,491st most commonly held first name globally, borne by 12 people.

The last name is most common in Australia, where it is held by 29 people, or 1 in 930,886. In Australia it is most prevalent in: Western Australia, where 48 percent are found, Queensland, where 31 percent are found and Victoria, where 21 percent are found. Without taking into account Australia this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in England, where 3 percent are found and Switzerland, where 3 percent are found.

Clairs Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Clairs has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the last name declined 86 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Clairss921/
Clars917/
Clears83223/
Klairs831/
Clarïs831/
Cellars7713/
Clawers770/
Klars7322/
Klirs7310/
Clers737/
Clauwers71177/
Cuellars715/
Cilliërs711/
Cilleirs711/
Claggers710/
Klaers67382/
Kliers6716/
Klarås6711/
Clarch6710/
Klarsø674/
Clerse674/
Clarce672/
Zlarsh671/
Klarse670/
Clours670/
Klears670/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Clairs
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis