Clur Surname

785,023rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 360 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Clur Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Clur Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1951:277,83427,419
France741:897,604104,173
Argentina351:1,221,24071,984
United States171:21,321,114641,998
Australia141:1,928,26488,951
Zimbabwe81:1,929,78092,581
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
England21:27,859,030389,889
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States151:3,347,912150,340

Clur Last Name Facts

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

Clur is found most frequently in South Africa. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Clur? popularity and diffusion

The last name Clur is the 785,023rd most frequently occurring surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 20,243,183 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 56 percent of Clur reside; 56 percent reside in Southern Africa and 56 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Clur is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is borne by 195 people, or 1 in 277,834. In South Africa Clur is mostly found in: Eastern Cape, where 38 percent reside, Gauteng, where 22 percent reside and Western Cape, where 18 percent reside. Without taking into account South Africa this surname occurs in 15 countries. It is also common in France, where 21 percent reside and Argentina, where 10 percent reside.

Clur Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Clur has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Clur surname grew 113 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 33 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Clur Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Clur earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 5.75% more than the national average, earning R 251,304 per year and in United States they earn 80.05% more than the national average, earning $77,688 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Claur89670/
Clure89641/
Clour89153/
Cleur89101/
Clurd895/
Cluir890/
Clurt890/
Claure8010,816/
Cillur80219/
Schlur80107/
Cellur8012/
Cleure801/
Cloure801/
Cloutr801/
Clurre800/
Cluire800/
Clor751,385/
Klur75354/
Xlur751/
Slur750/
Chillur73219/
Chellur7325/
Schleur731/
Claurre730/
Cloer672,015/
Klaur67511/
Sleur67123/
Klure6756/
Klyur6720/
Khlur6717/
Kleur6711/
Slour678/
Klour678/
Clorr677/
Slurp673/
Shlur672/
Kluhr672/
Šlaur672/
Chillour671/
Klusr671/
Chelluir671/
Sluhr671/
Kliur671/
Slure670/
Cloor670/
Slurt670/
Slurd670/

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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 Clur
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