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 last name Clency is more commonly found in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Clency.

How Common Is The Last Name Clency? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,555,468th most frequently held last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 127,851,683 people. Clency is predominantly found in The Americas, where 82 percent of Clency are found; 82 percent are found in North America and 82 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Clency is also the 207,787th most commonly used forename throughout the world, borne by 1,413 people.

Clency is most commonly used in The United States, where it is held by 47 people, or 1 in 7,711,892. In The United States Clency is primarily found in: Alabama, where 21 percent live, Illinois, where 17 percent live and New York, where 17 percent live. Excluding The United States it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 11 percent live and India, where 4 percent live.

Clency Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Clency has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Clency surname contracted 44 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Clency Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Clency surname are 15.73% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 62.5% being registered to vote for the 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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