Clearance Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Solomon Islands

Clearance Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Clearance Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria81:22,142,845310,552
Malaysia61:4,915,704170,578
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Clearance (844) may also be a first name.

Clearance Last Name Facts

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

Clearance occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Clearance.

How Common Is The Last Name Clearance? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,772,636th most frequently occurring last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. The surname Clearance is predominantly found in Africa, where 53 percent of Clearance live; 53 percent live in West Africa and 47 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 280,805th most common given name throughout the world It is held by 844 people.

The last name is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 22,142,845. In Nigeria Clearance is primarily found in: Rivers, where 75 percent live, Akwa Ibom, where 13 percent live and Lagos, where 13 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 35 percent live and Liberia, where 6 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Clearancee951/
Clarance94259/
Clerance9434/
Claurance896/
Clairance891/
Claramce821/
Clarans75215/
Clerans757/
Claranz751/
Clairans711/
Chillarange7010/
Clarranza671/
Clareinch671/
Klarans639/
Klerans632/
Klairans593/
Claronza591/
Klayarans561/
Kellerhans531/
Klirans501/
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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 Clearance
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