Clercq Surname
Approximately 912 people bear this surname
Clercq Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 513 | 1:129,479 | 19,760 |
| Belgium | 276 | 1:41,655 | 6,823 |
| Netherlands | 55 | 1:307,040 | 36,360 |
| Brazil | 27 | 1:7,928,679 | 178,836 |
| South Africa | 20 | 1:2,708,885 | 106,094 |
| Canada | 7 | 1:5,263,656 | 239,735 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:99,202 | 6,620 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
Clercq (19) may also be a first name.
Clercq Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Clercq Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Clercq occurs most in France. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Clercq? popularity and diffusion
The surname Clercq is the 388,780th most commonly used family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 7,990,730 people. Clercq occurs predominantly in Europe, where 93 percent of Clercq live; 93 percent live in Western Europe and 77 percent live in Gallo-Europe. Clercq is also the 2,523,061st most frequently used forename throughout the world, borne by 19 people.
This surname is most prevalent in France, where it is carried by 513 people, or 1 in 129,479. In France it is most common in: Hauts-de-France, where 45 percent live, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, where 15 percent live and Occitanie, where 13 percent live. Not including France this last name exists in 15 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 30 percent live and The Netherlands, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clerc | 91 | 23,958 | / |
| Clerq | 91 | 26 | / |
| Clercx | 83 | 376 | / |
| Clerck | 83 | 156 | / |
| Klercq | 83 | 130 | / |
| Clearc | 83 | 3 | / |
| Clrc | 80 | 1 | / |
| Clerque | 77 | 881 | / |
| Cleirec | 77 | 30 | / |
| Clerc'h | 77 | 1 | / |
| Clearck | 77 | 1 | / |
| Clerk | 73 | 3,196 | / |
| Clerx | 73 | 929 | / |
| Clerg | 73 | 4 | / |
| Clyrq | 73 | 1 | / |
| Klerq | 73 | 1 | / |
| Clearc'h | 71 | 12 | / |
| Clearque | 71 | 3 | / |
| Clerke | 67 | 545 | / |
| Clarck | 67 | 442 | / |
| Klerck | 67 | 314 | / |
| Cleark | 67 | 46 | / |
| Clairc | 67 | 14 | / |
| Clärck | 67 | 1 | / |
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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
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- 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 Clercq
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