Clergue Surname

217,420th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,886 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Clergue Surname Definition:

(French) Clerk [French clerc, Latin cleric-us]

Clergue Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France1,8271:36,3564,457
Argentina261:1,643,97788,124
Spain81:5,844,00486,878
Switzerland81:1,026,61463,315
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
England11:55,718,059489,080
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
New Caledonia11:276,22310,363

Clergue Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(French) Clerk [French clerc, Latin cleric-us]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Clergue Last Name Facts

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

Clergue occurs more in France more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Clergue click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Clergue? popularity and diffusion

The surname Clergue is the 217,420th most frequently used last name in the world, held by around 1 in 3,864,022 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 94 percent of Clergue reside; 93 percent reside in Western Europe and 93 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.

The surname is most widely held in France, where it is borne by 1,827 people, or 1 in 36,356. In France Clergue is primarily found in: Occitanie, where 55 percent live, Île-de-France, where 12 percent live and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, where 9 percent live. Not including France it is found in 14 countries. It also occurs in Argentina, where 1 percent live and Spain, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Clerque86881/
Clerg834/
Clairgue8062/
Clearque803/
Clerques801/
Clerke77545/
Clrg731/
Clerqui7163/
Cleirec7130/
Klerque719/
Clearke711/
Clerc6723,958/
Clerk673,196/
Clerx67929/
Clerq6726/
Clerkwei677/
Klerg674/

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Clergue
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