Clerton Surname
Approximately 100 people bear this surname
Clerton Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 80 | 1:830,284 | 98,964 |
| Brazil | 7 | 1:30,582,047 | 441,004 |
| Argentina | 4 | 1:10,685,854 | 219,200 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 6 | 1:4,062,562 | 101,150 |
The alternate forms: Clêrton (1) are calculated separately.
Clerton (606) may also be a first name.
Clerton Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Clerton Come From? nationality or country of origin
Clerton is held by more people in France than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant: Clêrton. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Clerton? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,849,867th most frequent last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 72,875,459 people. Clerton is mostly found in Europe, where 85 percent of Clerton are found; 80 percent are found in Western Europe and 80 percent are found in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 339,515th most numerous first name throughout the world, borne by 606 people.
The last name is most frequently used in France, where it is borne by 80 people, or 1 in 830,284. In France it is mostly found in: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 59 percent are found, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 31 percent are found and Île-de-France, where 5 percent are found. Beside France this last name exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 7 percent are found and Argentina, where 4 percent are found.
Clerton Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Clerton has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the last name declined 83 percent between 1881 and 2014.
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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
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