Clémence Surname

1,095,216th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 224 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Switzerland
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Clémence Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Clémence Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Switzerland1981:41,4795,822
France161:4,151,420237,746
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
Togo11:7,247,76812,049
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Clemence (35,253) are calculated separately.

Clémence (8,746) may also be a first name.

Clémence Last Name Facts

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

The last name Clémence is most common in Switzerland. It can also be found as a variant: Clemence. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Clémence? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,095,216th most numerous last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 32,533,687 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 96 percent of Clémence live; 96 percent live in Western Europe and 69 percent live in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 66,998th most frequent first name internationally, borne by 8,746 people.

It is most frequent in Switzerland, where it is borne by 198 people, or 1 in 41,479. In Switzerland Clémence is most numerous in: Republic and Canton of Neuchâtel, where 23 percent reside, Republic and Canton of the Jura, where 20 percent reside and Canton of Bern, where 20 percent reside. Besides Switzerland it is found in 10 countries. It is also found in France, where 7 percent reside and Cameroon, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Clemence9635,253/
Clémencet942/
Clémencey941/
Clémencier891/
Climence886/
Clemencet82189/
Clemmence8273/
Clemencey821/
Claymence820/
Clémens8018/
Clémenz802/
Clemnce801/
Clemencier782/
Clemency75126/
Clemense7563/
Klemence758/
Clemenci757/
Clememce754/
Clemenze753/
Clemenge752/
Clemenger71171/
Cleminche717/
Clemmense715/
Clemensch714/
Klemencie714/
Clemencai711/
Clemencis711/
Clemmency710/
Clemens6740,294/
Clemenz671,015/
Clymens67140/
Climens6721/
Clemencich6718/

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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 Clémence
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