De Clare Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Canada
Highest density in:
Wales

De Clare Surname Definition:

DE CLARE: "The whole of the southern district eventually fell under the feudal control of the great De Clare or Clarence family, who have given their name to an English town, an Irish county, a royal dukedom, and a Cambridge college." Dr.

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De Clare Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Canada81:4,605,699220,704
Wales31:1,031,51134,732
England21:27,859,030389,889
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

De Clare Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

DE CLARE: "The whole of the southern district eventually fell under the feudal control of the great De Clare or Clarence family, who have given their name to an English town, an Irish county, a royal dukedom, and a Cambridge college." Dr. Donaldson, in Cambridge Essays, 1856, page 60. The name was first assumed from the barony of Clare, co. Suffolk, by Richard Fitz-Gilbert, a companion of the Conqueror, son of Gilbert Crispin, Earl of Brione in Normandy, who was son of Geoffrey, a natural son of Richard I., duke of Normandy.

— Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower
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Display Statistics on:
  • Average Salary in:
    Canada

De Clare Demographics

Average De Clare Salary in
Canada

$61,035 CAD

Per year
Rank:
44,991 of 236,188
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
6.73307E-5
Rank: 114,298 of 236,189
Percentage of national average salary:
122.85%
Sample size: 6 (2014)

Average Salary in
Canada

$49,683 CAD

Per year
Per month:
$4,140 CAD
Per week:
$920 CAD
Per day:
$136 CAD

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De Clare Last Name Facts

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

De Clare is more commonly found in Canada than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name De Clare? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,908,606th most commonly occurring surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. It is predominantly found in The Americas, where 63 percent of De Clare live; 56 percent live in North America and 56 percent live in Anglo-North America.

It is most commonly occurring in Canada, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 4,605,699. In Canada it is most frequent in: British Columbia, where 100 percent live. Apart from Canada De Clare is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Wales, where 19 percent live and England, where 13 percent live.

De Clare Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of De Clare has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the last name rose 200 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it fell 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.

De Clare Last Name Statistics demography

De Clare earn notably more than the average income. In Canada they earn 22.85% more than the national average, earning $61,035 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

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SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de Claire9439/
de Clares9429/
de Claret948/
de Claure941/
de Clara88377/
de Clair888/
de Clayr881/
de Clary881/
de Clear881/
de Clario8248/
da Claire8215/
de Claris829/
de Cleyre825/
de Cleary821/
De-Claire821/
de Cuellar7825/
de Clarijs781/
da Clara7534/
de Cleir7530/
de Cléry751/
de Cleor751/
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