Clerkson Surname

930,678th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 283 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
British Virgin Islands

Clerkson Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Clerkson Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1821:973,31241,407
England341:1,638,76668,634
United States191:19,076,786604,894
Canada181:2,046,977128,463
Scotland161:334,61415,044
Kenya51:9,235,98055,978
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Saint Lucia11:178,7813,800
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Guernsey11:64,4392,137
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
British Virgin Islands11:31,5941,029
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland41:1,107,46726,093
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England231:1,059,79941,508
Scotland81:467,90212,875
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Clerkson (333) may also be a first name.

Clerkson Last Name Facts

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

The surname Clerkson is most common in Nigeria. It can appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Clerkson? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 930,678th most commonly occurring family name globally, held by around 1 in 25,751,046 people. Clerkson occurs mostly in Africa, where 67 percent of Clerkson live; 65 percent live in West Africa and 65 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 479,726th most common first name worldwide, held by 333 people.

Clerkson is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 182 people, or 1 in 973,312. In Nigeria Clerkson is primarily found in: Bayelsa, where 42 percent are found, Adamawa, where 40 percent are found and Rivers, where 14 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name is found in 14 countries. It is also found in England, where 12 percent are found and The United States, where 7 percent are found.

Clerkson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Clerkson has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Clerkson surname expanded 148 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it expanded 1,900 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 200 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 75 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Clerkson Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is primarily Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Clerkson last name are 35.66% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 88.89% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Clerkson earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 9.55% less than the national average, earning $39,029 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.04% more than the national average, earning $56,163 CAD per year.

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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 Clerkson
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