Clunies Surname
Approximately 42 people bear this surname
Clunies Surname Definition:
(in Shetland). From the old land of Clunes in Inverness-shire (Retours). Archibald de Clunace witnessed a grant of lands in Badenoch in 1338 (SCM. IV. p. 126), and William Clunes possessed a house in Leythe (Leith) in 1462 (CDE., 38; Soltre, p.
Read More About This SurnameClunies Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 24 | 1:15,102,456 | 529,929 |
| Canada | 13 | 1:2,834,276 | 161,175 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 4 | 1:935,804 | 21,348 |
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Clunies Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(in Shetland). From the old land of Clunes in Inverness-shire (Retours). Archibald de Clunace witnessed a grant of lands in Badenoch in 1338 (SCM. IV. p. 126), and William Clunes possessed a house in Leythe (Leith) in 1462 (CDE., 38; Soltre, p. 65). Alexander Clwnes was burgess of Cromarty in 1533 (OPS., II, p. 564), Alexander Cluneis of Culbene was a follower of Ross of Balnagown in 1599 (Celt. Afon., XXIII, p. 60), and William Clunes, burgess of Dornoch, was juror on an inquest held in the tolbooth of Dornoch, 1603 (OPS., II, p. 644), and Alexander Clunes was church beddell at Cawdor, 1685 (RPC., 3. ser. X, p. 550). Individuals of this name settled in Northmavine, Shetland, in the early years of the eighteenth century, and from one of them was descended John Clunies-Ross, who, in 1825, became first chief and proprietor of the Keeling (Cocos) Islands.
Clunies Demographics
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Clunies Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Clunies Come From? nationality or country of origin
Clunies is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Clunies? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,017,195th most frequently occurring last name globally It is held by around 1 in 173,512,998 people. Clunies is mostly found in The Americas, where 88 percent of Clunies live; 88 percent live in North America and 88 percent live in Anglo-North America.
This last name is most numerous in The United States, where it is carried by 24 people, or 1 in 15,102,456. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: Maryland, where 25 percent are found, California, where 17 percent are found and Florida, where 17 percent are found. Barring The United States this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 31 percent are found and Australia, where 10 percent are found.
Clunies Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Clunies has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Clunies surname expanded 1,200 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Clunies Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Clunies surname are 30.1% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 83.33% registered with the party.
The amount Clunies earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 42.6% more than the national average, earning $61,531 USD per year and in Canada they earn 35.02% more than the national average, earning $67,084 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clunie | 92 | 1,652 | / |
| Clunis | 92 | 623 | / |
| Clunes | 92 | 608 | / |
| Cluness | 86 | 149 | / |
| Clounie | 86 | 33 | / |
| Clunnie | 86 | 27 | / |
| Clunnis | 86 | 1 | / |
| Cluneas | 86 | 0 | / |
| Cleunice | 80 | 3 | / |
| Clones | 77 | 60 | / |
| Klunis | 77 | 25 | / |
| Klunie | 77 | 16 | / |
| Clonis | 77 | 13 | / |
| Clunye | 77 | 1 | / |
| Clonie | 77 | 0 | / |
| Clausnier | 75 | 1 | / |
| Cleuniche | 75 | 1 | / |
| Clousnier | 75 | 0 | / |
| Cleonis | 71 | 82 | / |
| Clugnet | 71 | 80 | / |
| Clunich | 71 | 11 | / |
| Klaunes | 71 | 6 | / |
| Klungis | 71 | 4 | / |
| Kluinis | 71 | 2 | / |
| Klounis | 71 | 2 | / |
| Cloenes | 71 | 1 | / |
| Cleonie | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kleunie | 71 | 1 | / |
| Cluneey | 71 | 0 | / |
| Cloness | 71 | 0 | / |
| Clonyis | 71 | 0 | / |
| Klungnes | 67 | 37 | / |
| Clonisch | 67 | 9 | / |
| Cleunich | 67 | 1 | / |
| Klunnijs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Clunnich | 67 | 0 | / |
| Clooness | 67 | 0 | / |
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