Clars Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Spain
Highest density in:
Nicaragua

Clars Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Clars Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Spain31:15,584,012120,866
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States111:4,565,335193,764

Clars (22) may also be a first name.

Clars Last Name Facts

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

The surname Clars is borne by more people in Spain than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Clars? popularity and diffusion

It is the 7,117,718th most widely held family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 57 percent of Clars live; 43 percent live in North America and 43 percent live in Iberian Europe. It is also the 2,301,746th most numerous forename globally. It is borne by 22 people.

It is most commonly occurring in Spain, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 15,584,012. In Spain Clars is most common in: Catalonia, where 67 percent are found and Castile and León, where 33 percent are found. Barring Spain it is found in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 29 percent are found and Canada, where 14 percent are found.

Clars Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Clars has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Clars last name contracted 82 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Clears91223/
Clairs9132/
Clarïs911/
Cellars8313/
Scllars831/
Clairss831/
Slars8047/
Klars8022/
Clors800/
Cuellars775/
Scellars770/
Klarås7311/
Clarch7310/
Klarsø734/
Clarce732/
Slaars732/
Klairs731/
Zlarsh731/
Slaurs731/
Clours730/
Sllars730/
Slairs730/
Slears730/
Klears730/
Klarse730/
Schlarsch716/
Sellars6715,042/
Sillars671,022/
Zellars67915/
Klarsch6739/
Gillars6736/
Jellars6714/
Killars672/
Schlors671/
Gellars671/
Kellars671/
Cellors670/

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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 Clars
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