Claw Surname

593,568th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 525 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Macau

Claw Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Claw Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4071:890,56267,298
England551:1,013,05650,089
Sweden131:757,44356,422
Egypt91:10,215,08448,153
Israel81:1,069,70462,476
Indonesia51:26,449,839597,308
France31:22,140,907385,998
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Romania21:10,038,93580,612
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Macau11:601,6301,582
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England251:975,01539,671
Scotland81:467,90212,875
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States661:760,88948,111

Claw (38) may also be a first name.

Claw Last Name Facts

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

The last name Claw is found most frequently in The United States. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Claw click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Claw? popularity and diffusion

Claw is the 593,568th most frequently used family name internationally, held by around 1 in 13,881,040 people. The surname Claw occurs mostly in The Americas, where 79 percent of Claw are found; 78 percent are found in North America and 78 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,662,754th most numerous first name on earth, borne by 38 people.

This surname is most commonly held in The United States, where it is borne by 407 people, or 1 in 890,562. In The United States Claw is mostly concentrated in: Arizona, where 73 percent live, New Mexico, where 14 percent live and Utah, where 2 percent live. Besides The United States it is found in 25 countries. It also occurs in England, where 10 percent live and Sweden, where 2 percent live.

Claw Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Claw has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Claw last name rose 617 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 220 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it contracted 87 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Claw Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Claw surname is primarily Presbyterian (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Claw surname are 43.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 90% being registered with the party.

Claw earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 34.56% less than the national average, earning $28,236 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Clauw89929/
Cslaw891/
Clawe891/
Clayw890/
Clawh890/
Clawss801/
Clauwe801/
Cellaw801/
Clow757,290/
Klaw75332/
Clav7557/
Claf7552/
Clab7511/
Zlaw751/
Clowe67727/
Klawe67395/
Claff67126/
Clowa6759/
Klauw6738/
Clova6736/
Clouw6734/
Clows6729/
Chlav6719/
Chlab6715/
Cleaf6713/
Claib679/
Chlow678/
Clayb676/
Khlaw675/
Claub674/
Cluow673/
Kliaw673/
Clavs672/
Cleav671/
Klayw671/
Clapf671/
Clauf671/
Kleaw671/
Qclab671/
Claiv671/
Claft670/
Cleab670/

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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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  • 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 Claw
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