Clamp Surname

120,287th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,814 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Clamp Surname Definition:

From the Danish, Klamer, Klamke; from the German, Klamm, Klammt; personal name Claman, a Saxon tenant in the Domesday Book.

Clamp Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2,0311:27,4343,734
United States1,2121:299,05927,613
Australia2101:128,55114,024
Canada1301:283,42826,469
New Zealand611:74,23510,965
South Africa521:1,041,87963,251
Scotland431:124,5077,876
Northern Ireland231:80,2195,468
Wales151:206,30213,003
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
China21:683,660,78330,601
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Malta11:430,2723,380
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
France11:66,422,722504,397
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England9141:26,6693,658
Wales41:392,10412,338
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1021:492,34034,768

Clamp Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

From the Danish, Klamer, Klamke; from the German, Klamm, Klammt; personal name Claman, a Saxon tenant in the Domesday Book.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Clamp Last Name Facts

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

The surname Clamp occurs in England more than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Clamp? popularity and diffusion

It is the 120,287th most frequent last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 1,910,736 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 56 percent of Clamp are found; 56 percent are found in Northern Europe and 55 percent are found in British Isles.

This surname is most commonly used in England, where it is carried by 2,031 people, or 1 in 27,434. In England it is mostly found in: Derbyshire, where 12 percent are found, Leicestershire, where 9 percent are found and West Midlands, where 9 percent are found. Not including England this last name occurs in 32 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 32 percent are found and Australia, where 6 percent are found.

Clamp Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Clamp has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Clamp last name expanded 222 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it expanded 1,188 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Wales it expanded 375 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Clamp Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Clamp surname are 31.01% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 77.78% registered with the political party.

The amount Clamp earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 25.93% more than the national average, earning R 299,268 per year; in United States they earn 11.4% more than the national average, earning $48,066 USD per year and in Canada they earn 17.44% more than the national average, earning $58,349 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Clampf916/
Clamps916/
Clampe912/
Clamph912/
Sclamp910/
Clampt910/
Schlamp832,016/
Klamp80518/
Slamp80198/
Clomp8018/
Clamb803/
Clanp801/
Jlamp801/
Schlampp77161/
Schlaamp771/
Schlampe771/
Schlamph770/
Schlampf770/
Klampe73235/
Szlamp7326/
Klampf7310/
Klamph739/
Shlamp736/
Slampe735/
Clompe732/
Clomps732/
Klampz731/
Zlampe731/
Klampp731/
Cleanp730/
Slaump730/
Slamps730/
Schlamb67146/
Schlomp675/
Schlanp671/
Schlampová671/
Slaumpf670/

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Clamp Reference & Research

Clamp FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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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
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  • 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 Clamp
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