Clency Surname

2,555,468th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 57 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Mauritius

Clency Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Clency Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States471:7,711,892346,147
Papua New Guinea61:1,358,953118,663
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland91:492,20716,355
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England141:1,741,09855,534
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States841:597,84140,179

Clency (1,413) may also be a first name.

Clency Last Name Facts

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

The surname Clency is most common in The United States. It can also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Clency.

How Common Is The Last Name Clency? popularity and diffusion

The surname Clency is the 2,555,468th most commonly used family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 127,851,683 people. The last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 82 percent of Clency reside; 82 percent reside in North America and 82 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Clency is also the 207,787th most commonly occurring given name throughout the world, borne by 1,413 people.

This surname is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 47 people, or 1 in 7,711,892. In The United States it is primarily found in: Alabama, where 21 percent are found, Illinois, where 17 percent are found and New York, where 17 percent are found. Apart from The United States Clency is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 11 percent are found and India, where 4 percent are found.

Clency Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Clency has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Clency surname fell 44 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Clency Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Clency surname is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Clency surname are 15.73% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 62.5% registered to vote for the political party.

Clency earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 7.95% less than the national average, earning $39,717 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Clenchy9215/
Clenczy921/
Clencey920/
Cleancy920/
Clincy83513/
Clenci83262/
Clensy8395/
Clence833/
Klency831/
Clenca830/
Clenzy830/
Clinchy7777/
Clencie7751/
Clensay7720/
Clensey778/
Claincy772/
Clenche772/
Clemnce771/
Cleance771/
Clencer771/
Clemcey770/
Clincey770/
Clencis770/
Clecence712/
Cliencie711/
Clinchey711/
Clencher711/
Clinchoy710/
Clinci67611/
Clince67239/
Clinca67121/
Clenzi6726/
Klentschy6713/
Clinsy673/
Clenza671/
Clensa671/
Zlincy671/
Klence671/
Clemsy670/
Clense670/

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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 Clency
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