Cleary Surname
Approximately 46,209 people bear this surname
Cleary Surname Definition:
(Celtic-Latin) Clerk, Priest [Irish clérech = Gaelic cleireach; Latin cleric-us] (Anglo-French-Latin + Celtic) belonging to Cléry (France) = prob. the Estate of Clarus [the mod. suff. -y represents the Latin- Gaulish possess. suff.
Read More About This SurnameCleary Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 22,237 | 1:16,300 | 2,068 |
| Ireland | 6,558 | 1:718 | 121 |
| Australia | 6,358 | 1:4,246 | 615 |
| England | 5,683 | 1:9,804 | 1,442 |
| Canada | 2,388 | 1:15,429 | 2,260 |
| New Zealand | 660 | 1:6,861 | 1,161 |
| Scotland | 542 | 1:9,878 | 1,372 |
| Northern Ireland | 475 | 1:3,884 | 772 |
| Wales | 283 | 1:10,935 | 1,219 |
| South Africa | 187 | 1:289,720 | 28,200 |
| Jamaica | 155 | 1:18,516 | 1,673 |
| Argentina | 115 | 1:371,682 | 28,832 |
| Thailand | 73 | 1:967,649 | 148,690 |
| Chile | 46 | 1:382,967 | 10,457 |
| Spain | 38 | 1:1,230,317 | 41,658 |
| France | 34 | 1:1,953,609 | 166,012 |
| United Arab Emirates | 31 | 1:295,557 | 19,854 |
| Iraq | 31 | 1:1,129,731 | 13,630 |
| Germany | 30 | 1:2,683,515 | 132,064 |
| Singapore | 30 | 1:183,590 | 7,666 |
| Denmark | 28 | 1:201,597 | 16,538 |
| Netherlands | 21 | 1:804,151 | 59,518 |
| Brazil | 14 | 1:15,291,024 | 280,658 |
| Ecuador | 14 | 1:1,136,132 | 15,474 |
| Switzerland | 12 | 1:684,410 | 46,196 |
| Belgium | 12 | 1:958,054 | 73,966 |
| Philippines | 11 | 1:9,203,475 | 207,772 |
| Russia | 10 | 1:14,412,306 | 394,810 |
| Mexico | 9 | 1:13,791,801 | 45,470 |
| Malaysia | 8 | 1:3,686,778 | 134,908 |
| Japan | 8 | 1:15,980,537 | 47,042 |
| Hong Kong | 8 | 1:916,935 | 4,774 |
| Hungary | 8 | 1:1,227,035 | 53,030 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 7 | 1:194,854 | 9,403 |
| Italy | 7 | 1:8,736,670 | 118,213 |
| Venezuela | 7 | 1:4,314,868 | 39,591 |
| Panama | 7 | 1:558,894 | 9,437 |
| Isle of Man | 7 | 1:12,260 | 2,387 |
| Jersey | 5 | 1:19,840 | 3,614 |
| Norway | 5 | 1:1,028,457 | 61,363 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| South Korea | 5 | 1:10,248,051 | 1,694 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| Cyprus | 3 | 1:294,959 | 8,690 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 4,867 | 1:910 | 154 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1,010 | 1:24,134 | 3,351 |
| Scotland | 156 | 1:23,995 | 2,225 |
| Wales | 63 | 1:24,895 | 1,432 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:54,269 | 2,077 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:51,882 | 3,898 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:32,656 | 2,283 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3,471 | 1:14,468 | 1,849 |
Cleary (292) may also be a first name.
Cleary Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Celtic-Latin) Clerk, Priest [Irish clérech = Gaelic cleireach; Latin cleric-us] (Anglo-French-Latin + Celtic) belonging to Cléry (France) = prob. the Estate of Clarus [the mod. suff. -y represents the Latin- Gaulish possess. suff. -ác -um]
MacGiolla Arraith Is MacAlery in Sligo and became MacC1eary on migration to Ulster. IF 86; Map Ant
(Irish) Grandson of Cleireach (cleric or clerk).
From the Gaelic Cleireach, a clerk, a clergyman, a writer. A noted family of historians whose estates were in the county of Donnegal, Ireland.
Cleary Demographics
Average Male Cleary Height
177.91 cm
Average Female Cleary Height
160.1 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Cleary Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cleary Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Cleary (Arabic: كليري) occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Cleary click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Cleary? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 12,158th most frequently occurring surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 157,708 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 49 percent of Cleary are found; 48 percent are found in North America and 47 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 516,683rd most frequent given name globally. It is borne by 292 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is held by 22,237 people, or 1 in 16,300. In The United States Cleary is primarily found in: California, where 9 percent reside, Massachusetts, where 7 percent reside and Florida, where 6 percent reside. Without taking into account The United States it exists in 69 countries. It is also common in Ireland, where 14 percent reside and Australia, where 14 percent reside.
Cleary Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Cleary has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 641 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Ireland it rose 135 percent between 1901 and 2014; in England it rose 563 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 347 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it rose 449 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Cleary Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Cleary last name is predominantly Catholic (99%) in Ireland and Sunni (50%) in Lebanon.
In The United States Cleary are 3.76% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 50.53% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Cleary earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 142.45% more than the national average, earning R 576,156 per year; in United States they earn 12.48% more than the national average, earning $48,532 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.5% less than the national average, earning $49,434 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Cleary Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Cleary in the Arabic language | ||
| كليري | klyry | - |
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