Clocher Surname

851,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 321 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Clocher Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Clocher Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France2291:290,05644,463
United States771:4,707,259244,676
Canada131:2,834,276161,175
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States121:4,184,890180,076

Clocher Last Name Facts

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

The surname Clocher occurs in France more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Clocher? popularity and diffusion

It is the 851,613th most numerous surname globally, borne by around 1 in 22,702,635 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 72 percent of Clocher reside; 71 percent reside in Western Europe and 71 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.

The last name Clocher is most prevalent in France, where it is borne by 229 people, or 1 in 290,056. In France Clocher is most common in: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 43 percent reside, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 28 percent reside and Île-de-France, where 15 percent reside. Other than France this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 24 percent reside and Canada, where 4 percent reside.

Clocher Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Clocher has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Clocher last name increased 642 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Clocher Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Clocher surname are 7.64% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 60.87% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Clocher earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 23.66% less than the national average, earning $32,940 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.78% less than the national average, earning $44,823 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
  • 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 Clocher
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