Claude Surname
Approximately 103,204 people bear this surname
Claude Surname Definition:
The French Claude, Latin Claudius [supp. from Latin claudus, lame]
Claude Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burundi | 37,288 | 1:263 | 61 |
| Rwanda | 15,194 | 1:748 | 162 |
| France | 12,921 | 1:5,141 | 419 |
| Chad | 7,029 | 1:1,934 | 355 |
| Haiti | 6,599 | 1:1,619 | 244 |
| Madagascar | 5,045 | 1:4,688 | 965 |
| Ethiopia | 4,829 | 1:20,200 | 2,620 |
| DR Congo | 3,496 | 1:21,133 | 2,676 |
| United States | 2,670 | 1:135,752 | 14,216 |
| Cameroon | 1,141 | 1:18,203 | 2,491 |
| Canada | 1,086 | 1:33,928 | 4,363 |
| Belgium | 889 | 1:12,932 | 1,946 |
| Togo | 735 | 1:9,861 | 2,446 |
| Switzerland | 535 | 1:15,351 | 2,522 |
| Ghana | 416 | 1:64,954 | 6,785 |
| Dominican Republic | 393 | 1:26,547 | 1,634 |
| Morocco | 307 | 1:112,300 | 19,480 |
| Luxembourg | 242 | 1:2,399 | 270 |
| Ivory Coast | 237 | 1:97,347 | 5,071 |
| Tanzania | 210 | 1:252,103 | 20,382 |
| Argentina | 190 | 1:224,965 | 18,484 |
| Nigeria | 154 | 1:1,150,278 | 47,013 |
| Egypt | 153 | 1:600,887 | 32,813 |
| Chile | 120 | 1:146,804 | 5,065 |
| Thailand | 110 | 1:642,167 | 108,371 |
| Brazil | 109 | 1:1,963,985 | 62,590 |
| Germany | 89 | 1:904,556 | 64,175 |
| England | 83 | 1:671,302 | 38,633 |
| Niger | 80 | 1:239,900 | 7,715 |
| Mauritius | 74 | 1:17,479 | 3,745 |
| South Africa | 52 | 1:1,041,879 | 63,251 |
| India | 42 | 1:18,263,461 | 278,402 |
| New Caledonia | 42 | 1:6,577 | 1,478 |
| Israel | 40 | 1:213,941 | 20,390 |
| Portugal | 38 | 1:274,164 | 10,086 |
| French Polynesia | 31 | 1:9,058 | 1,949 |
| Australia | 28 | 1:964,132 | 57,058 |
| Liberia | 27 | 1:163,279 | 11,522 |
| Papua New Guinea | 27 | 1:301,990 | 40,635 |
| Panama | 25 | 1:156,490 | 5,002 |
| Spain | 24 | 1:1,948,002 | 52,403 |
| Seychelles | 23 | 1:4,017 | 661 |
| New Zealand | 21 | 1:215,634 | 21,249 |
| Benin | 20 | 1:516,780 | 33,864 |
| United Arab Emirates | 14 | 1:654,448 | 24,061 |
| Uruguay | 13 | 1:263,981 | 18,914 |
| Congo | 12 | 1:415,758 | 10,462 |
| Peru | 12 | 1:2,648,677 | 28,015 |
| Guyana | 10 | 1:76,222 | 5,818 |
| Lebanon | 10 | 1:563,708 | 13,499 |
| Philippines | 10 | 1:10,123,822 | 213,993 |
| Tunisia | 10 | 1:61,063 | 7,682 |
| Kiribati | 9 | 1:12,601 | 393 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Sudan | 9 | 1:4,167,799 | 5,799 |
| Vanuatu | 9 | 1:29,253 | 714 |
| Italy | 8 | 1:7,644,586 | 115,463 |
| Bermuda | 7 | 1:9,326 | 1,286 |
| Kenya | 7 | 1:6,597,129 | 51,431 |
| Malaysia | 7 | 1:4,213,461 | 150,293 |
| Mexico | 7 | 1:17,732,315 | 50,495 |
| China | 6 | 1:227,886,928 | 11,701 |
| Iran | 6 | 1:12,797,087 | 199,837 |
| Pakistan | 6 | 1:29,773,981 | 92,487 |
| Saint Lucia | 6 | 1:29,797 | 1,820 |
| Scotland | 6 | 1:892,303 | 28,047 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| Poland | 5 | 1:7,601,750 | 167,855 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| Taiwan | 5 | 1:4,688,949 | 27,695 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 5 | 1:272,795 | 11,064 |
| Northern Ireland | 4 | 1:461,259 | 16,615 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Austria | 4 | 1:2,128,859 | 91,203 |
| Bahamas | 4 | 1:97,938 | 1,027 |
| Cuba | 4 | 1:2,880,679 | 10,064 |
| El Salvador | 4 | 1:1,585,972 | 4,802 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| Japan | 4 | 1:31,961,073 | 53,820 |
| Lithuania | 4 | 1:758,647 | 25,175 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Malta | 4 | 1:107,568 | 1,849 |
| Netherlands | 4 | 1:4,221,794 | 131,139 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 1:5,202,140 | 12,146 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 4 | 1:27,594 | 3,273 |
| Yemen | 4 | 1:6,606,324 | 25,896 |
| Burkina Faso | 3 | 1:6,117,367 | 22,156 |
| Venezuela | 3 | 1:10,068,026 | 60,591 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1:46,323,027 | 5,235 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Comoros | 1 | 1:749,524 | 685 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 | 1:55,199 | 1,294 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 16 | 1:1,523,461 | 51,234 |
| Wales | 3 | 1:522,805 | 14,314 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 171 | 1:293,677 | 23,423 |
The alternate forms: Claudé (16) are calculated separately.
Claude (1,691,523) may also be a first name.
Claude Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
The French Claude, Latin Claudius [supp. from Latin claudus, lame]
Claude Demographics
Claude Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Claude Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Claude Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Claude (Arabic: كلود, Marathi: लाउडी) occurs more in Burundi more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant: Claudé. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Claude? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 5,494th most frequent last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 70,613 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 74 percent of Claude reside; 56 percent reside in East Africa and 51 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 404th most commonly occurring first name in the world It is held by 1,691,523 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Burundi, where it is carried by 37,288 people, or 1 in 263. Outside of Burundi it occurs in 128 countries. It is also common in Rwanda, where 15 percent are found and France, where 13 percent are found.
Claude Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Claude has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Claude surname increased 1,561 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 519 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Claude Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya and Maronite (33%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those holding the Claude surname are 3.33% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 50.1% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Claude earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 23.19% less than the national average, earning R 182,532 per year; in United States they earn 6.99% less than the national average, earning $40,133 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.44% less than the national average, earning $45,490 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Claude Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Claude in the Marathi language | ||
| लाउडी | la'udi | 25 |
| ौड | auda | 25 |
| लाउडे | la'ude | 25 |
| ौडे | aude | 12.5 |
| लौदे | laude | 12.5 |
| Claude in the Arabic language | ||
| كلود | klwd | - |
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