Clerance Surname

3,373,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 34 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Clerance Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Clerance Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria161:11,071,422210,388
Papua New Guinea111:741,24783,447
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128

Clerance (529) may also be a first name.

Clerance Last Name Facts

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

The surname Clerance is most common in Nigeria. It may occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Clerance? popularity and diffusion

The surname Clerance is the 3,373,373rd most commonly occurring last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 214,339,586 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 59 percent of Clerance are found; 50 percent are found in West Africa and 50 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Clerance is also the 366,789th most prevalent first name throughout the world. It is borne by 529 people.

The last name Clerance is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 16 people, or 1 in 11,071,422. In Nigeria it is most common in: Kaduna, where 50 percent reside, Akwa Ibom, where 25 percent reside and Kogi, where 25 percent reside. Besides Nigeria this surname exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 32 percent reside and Cameroon, where 6 percent reside.

Clerance Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Clearance9417/
Clrance931/
Clearancee891/
Clairance821/
Clerans807/
Klerans672/
Cleronka631/
Clairans631/
Kellerhans561/
Klirans531/
Kelrans531/
Kilrans530/
Klairans503/

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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 Clerance
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