Clean Surname
Approximately 377 people bear this surname
Clean Surname Definition:
From Cle'an, a Gaelic reduced form of (Mac)Gill' Sheathain (Maclean). Effie Clean in parish of Borgue, 1684 (RPC., 3. ser. IX, p. 568).
Clean Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lebanon | 107 | 1:52,683 | 4,277 |
| Iraq | 100 | 1:350,217 | 6,594 |
| Iran | 60 | 1:1,279,709 | 53,896 |
| Liberia | 15 | 1:293,902 | 16,977 |
| Canada | 13 | 1:2,834,276 | 161,175 |
| Afghanistan | 12 | 1:2,679,432 | 17,028 |
| Germany | 11 | 1:7,318,678 | 235,042 |
| Ecuador | 8 | 1:1,988,231 | 21,385 |
| Israel | 6 | 1:1,426,272 | 75,466 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| Greece | 5 | 1:2,215,958 | 91,893 |
| Finland | 5 | 1:1,099,340 | 45,512 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,214,933 | 33,683 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 17 | 1:1,433,845 | 49,523 |
| Wales | 6 | 1:261,403 | 9,165 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 39 | 1:1,287,659 | 71,386 |
Clean (931) may also be a first name.
Clean Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
From Cle'an, a Gaelic reduced form of (Mac)Gill' Sheathain (Maclean). Effie Clean in parish of Borgue, 1684 (RPC., 3. ser. IX, p. 568).
Mac Giolla Eáin A galloglass family of Scottish origin, numerous in Antrim and Derry. SIF 34
Mac-Lean, deprived of the Celtic prefix.
Clean Demographics
Average Male Clean Height
177.62 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Clean Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Clean Come From? nationality or country of origin
Clean is more frequently found in Lebanon than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Clean? popularity and diffusion
The last name Clean is the 758,524th most widely held family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 19,330,361 people. Clean is predominantly found in Asia, where 78 percent of Clean are found; 58 percent are found in West Asia and 55 percent are found in Levant. It is also the 265,066th most commonly used first name throughout the world, borne by 931 people.
Clean is most prevalent in Lebanon, where it is borne by 107 people, or 1 in 52,683. In Lebanon it is mostly found in: Beirut Governorate, where 44 percent live, Mount Lebanon Governorate, where 39 percent live and Beqaa Governorate, where 15 percent live. Excluding Lebanon this surname exists in 24 countries. It also occurs in Iraq, where 27 percent live and Iran, where 16 percent live.
Clean Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland and Armenian Apostolic (77%) in Lebanon.
Clean earn notably more than the average income. In Canada they earn 21.22% more than the national average, earning $60,228 CAD per year.
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Footnotes
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