de Clerc Surname

3,485,539th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 32 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

de Clerc Surname Definition:

(Dutch/Flemish), le Clerc (French), the Clerk.

de Clerc 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
Belgium231:499,85448,667
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
France21:33,211,361423,184
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128

de Clerc Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Dutch/Flemish), le Clerc (French), the Clerk.

— Surnames (1857) by Bernard Homer Dixon
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de Clerc Last Name Facts

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

The surname de Clerc is more commonly found in Belgium than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name de Clerc? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,485,539th most widespread surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 227,735,810 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 84 percent of de Clerc are found; 81 percent are found in Western Europe and 72 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most widely held in Belgium, where it is held by 23 people, or 1 in 499,854. In Belgium it is most prevalent in: Flemish Region, where 96 percent live and Walloon Region, where 4 percent live. Aside from Belgium this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 16 percent live and France, where 6 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de Clercq9414,146/
de Clerck945,733/
de Clercg943/
de Clerqc942/
de Clerch941/
des Clercs891/
de Clerk88477/
de Clerq88125/
de Clerg881/
de Clercque841/
de Klerck82583/
De-Clercq8221/
De-Clerck826/
de Clerqe821/
de Klercq821/
de Clerrq821/
de Clerque788/
de Klerk7531,975/
de Clairek670/
De-Klerk6331/
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to de Clerc
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