Clegg Surname

20,038th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27,305 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Isle of Man

Clegg Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Clegg,' a North-English surname. No doubt a form of Clough, a break in the hillside. Almost all our Cleggs hail from Clegg, or Clegg Hall, in the parish of Rochdale.

Nicholas de Clegg, 1360: Baines' Lancashire.

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Clegg Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11,0701:32,7424,084
England10,5991:5,257733
Australia1,8061:14,9482,123
Canada9621:38,3014,810
New Zealand4951:9,1481,582
South Africa4861:111,47713,412
Scotland3401:15,7471,959
Northern Ireland2861:6,4511,163
Wales2671:11,5901,287
Saudi Arabia1991:155,05422,057
Ireland1791:26,3072,448
Nigeria1011:1,753,88963,997
Isle of Man691:1,244200
Philippines491:2,066,086120,732
Thailand471:1,502,944203,155
Germany411:1,963,548108,338
Spain371:1,263,56942,239
Guernsey371:1,742400
Sweden221:447,58032,003
Ghana161:1,688,79311,528
Qatar161:147,37516,023
Brazil151:14,271,622267,944
United Arab Emirates141:654,44824,061
Zimbabwe131:1,187,55768,998
Netherlands111:1,535,19878,311
Israel101:855,76354,181
Switzerland91:912,54658,198
Norway91:571,36544,190
France81:8,302,840321,660
Jersey71:14,1722,872
Italy61:10,192,781121,657
Japan51:25,568,85950,629
Malaysia51:5,898,845196,803
Mexico51:24,825,24158,251
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Denmark41:1,411,17960,800
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Poland41:9,502,187181,606
Hong Kong41:1,833,8716,220
Belgium41:2,874,161111,046
Iraq41:8,755,41423,373
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Azerbaijan21:4,824,56142,415
Mozambique21:13,630,7847,358
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Malta11:430,2723,380
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland3211:13,8001,809
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England10,1351:2,405341
Scotland681:55,0473,627
Wales241:65,3513,160
Jersey81:6,4851,119
Isle of Man61:9,045877
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,7751:28,2923,466

Clegg (209) may also be a first name.

Clegg Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Clegg,' a North-English surname. No doubt a form of Clough, a break in the hillside. Almost all our Cleggs hail from Clegg, or Clegg Hall, in the parish of Rochdale.

Nicholas de Clegg, 1360: Baines' Lancashire.

Mathew de Clegg, 1360: ibid.

Ricardus de Cleghe, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Henricus de Cloghe, 1379: ibid.

Thomas Clegg, tanner, of Middleton, Lancashire, 1581: Wills at Chester.

Arthur Clegg, of Fieldhouse, parish of Rochdale, 1608: ibid.

1788. Married — William Robert Clegg and Ann Thomas: St. George, Hanover Square.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(English or Scandinavian) the guttural form of Clay, q.v.

The commonness of Clegg as a Lancashire surname is due to Clegg (Hall), near Rochdale.

Robert del Cleg, A.D. 1246-7. —Lanc. Assize-Rolls.

Adam de Clegge, A.D. 1369.—Lanc. Fines. (Celtic) confused with Clague, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

“Big-Built” in Gaelic.

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

"Old Norse, kleggi, a compact mass. There was a Northman with this surname in the Landnamabok." Ferguson.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From cleggo, a rock, cliff; clegar, id. Hence Clegar in St. Agnes, and Cleggo in Gorran.

Patronymica Cornu-Britannica (1870) by Richard Stephen Charnock

The name Mac Leog in the ogam character, which is probably connected with the Irish Mac Liacc or Mac Liag, was discovered by Professor Rhys on a stone at the Friary, Arbory. Mac Liag would easily become Cleg and Clague.

'Mac Liag, Chief Poet of Erinn, ’ a.d. 1014.

Manx Names (1890) by Arthur William Moore

It is just possible that this name may be derived from kleggi, 'a horse-fly'. We may note that the name Porsteinn Clegge, where Clegge is a nickname, is found in the Landnámabóc.

In 1405 Gilbert Cleg received letters of protection from Henry IV. to come to the Isle of Man.

Manx Names (1890) by Arthur William Moore

Clegg was the name of a very ancient family of Clegg Hall near Rochdale; but the estate passed out of the family by marriage in the reign of Edward VI. (B.). The name is common in the Rochdale registers of the 16th century (F.), and it is still in the town. Richard Clegg was vicar of.

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Clegg Last Name Facts

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

Clegg is more frequently found in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Clegg? popularity and diffusion

The last name Clegg is the 20,038th most numerous last name globally It is held by around 1 in 266,894 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 44 percent of Clegg are found; 43 percent are found in Northern Europe and 43 percent are found in British Isles. It is also the 625,736th most commonly occurring given name at a global level, borne by 209 people.

This last name is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is held by 11,070 people, or 1 in 32,742. In The United States Clegg is most common in: Utah, where 10 percent are found, Texas, where 7 percent are found and North Carolina, where 5 percent are found. Beside The United States it exists in 68 countries. It is also found in England, where 39 percent are found and Australia, where 7 percent are found.

Clegg Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Clegg has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Clegg surname expanded 624 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 105 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 500 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 1,113 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 44 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Clegg Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is principally Presbyterian (38%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Clegg surname are 15.38% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 62.15% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Clegg earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 35.92% more than the national average, earning 470,392 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 122.45% more than the national average, earning R 528,624 per year; in United States they earn 2.68% more than the national average, earning $44,306 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.27% more than the national average, earning $54,785 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Cleggs9129/
Dclegg911/
Cleagg911/
Cleg8917/
Schlegg831/
Slegg80181/
Cligg8040/
Klegg8025/
Cleeg806/
Clegs805/
Clegt802/
Qlegg801/
Cleag800/
Scleg800/
Cleig800/
Schliegg771/
Clg754/
Cleugh73445/
Sleggs7396/
Schleg7365/
Cleigh7319/
Cilleg732/
Clegue732/
Claigg730/
Cleagh730/
Schleig67205/
Clec67154/
Kleg6745/
Sleg6736/
Cleague6730/
Clek6717/
Clig6714/
Clex676/
Kellegg672/
Clgk672/
Xlgg672/
Chlegue671/
Claggic671/
Gillegg671/
Schlieg671/
Sleaggs671/
Cleigue671/
Clkg671/
Qlgg671/
Zlgg671/
Cclg671/
Cjlg671/
Clgc671/
Clgh671/
Clgx671/
Clgz671/
Jlgg671/
Dclg671/
Clqg671/
Scleigh670/

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