Clerte Surname

1,765,740th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 108 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
New Caledonia

Clerte Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Clerte Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France1061:626,62982,018
New Caledonia11:276,22310,363
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

The alternate forms: Clerté (15) are calculated separately.

Clerte Last Name Facts

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

The last name Clerte is most common in France. It may be rendered as a variant: Clerté. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Clerte? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,765,740th most widely held surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 67,477,277 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 97 percent of Clerte reside; 97 percent reside in Western Europe and 97 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.

The last name is most numerous in France, where it is carried by 106 people, or 1 in 626,629. In France Clerte is primarily found in: Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 47 percent reside, Île-de-France, where 13 percent reside and Centre-Val de Loire, where 11 percent reside. Apart from France this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in New Caledonia, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.

Clerte Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Clerte has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name decreased 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Clerté9415/
Clerter921/
Clert91213/
Cleered771/
Sclerti771/
Clertiz770/
Klert731/
Kellerte712/
Chellert711/
Ckailert711/
Sleartey710/
Cleard6770/
Clairette676/
Khlert674/
Kleirt670/
Clarth670/
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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 Clerte
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