Clawges Surname

942,947th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 278 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Clawges Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Clawges Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2771:1,308,51691,569
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States361:1,394,96375,931

Clawges Last Name Facts

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

Clawges is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Clawges? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 942,947th most numerous surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 26,214,194 people. The last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 71 percent of Clawges are found; 71 percent are found in North America and 71 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is held by 277 people, or 1 in 1,308,516. In The United States it is primarily found in: West Virginia, where 22 percent reside, Florida, where 12 percent reside and New Jersey, where 11 percent reside. Apart from The United States Clawges exists in one country. It also occurs in Australia, where 0 percent reside.

Clawges Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Clawges has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 769 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Clawges Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Clawges surname are 1.46% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 54.69% registered to vote for the political party.

Clawges earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 15.64% less than the national average, earning $36,399 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Clawes9233/
Clewges861/
Clowes775,767/
Claves77356/
Klawes7791/
Clabes7759/
Cleaves713,288/
Clavies7129/
Clawsie7119/
Cleabes712/
Clauves711/
Clhaves711/
Clowger710/
Cleavest6714/
Cleaveus671/

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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
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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 Clawges
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