La Clef Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Switzerland

La Clef Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

La Clef Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France31:22,140,907385,998
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

La Clef Last Name Facts

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

The surname La Clef is held by more people in France than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name La Clef? popularity and diffusion

The last name La Clef is the 7,117,718th most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 71 percent of La Clef are found; 71 percent are found in Western Europe and 43 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.

This last name is most frequently used in France, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 22,140,907. In France La Clef is primarily concentrated in: Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, where 67 percent reside and Corsica, where 33 percent reside. Besides France this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 29 percent reside and Belgium, where 14 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Laclef92450/
Le Clef86157/
Lachlef861/
La Calf860/
La Clave807/
Le Cleff802/
Leclef77422/
Laklef773/
Lacalf770/
Lia Cleve751/
Lakhlef711,506/
Laclave7156/
Lechlef717/
Lachlaf711/
Lacalve711/
Le Calve67664/
Lacgalve6744/
Le Cleve6727/
Lakhelef676/
Lachlafe672/
Lockleaf672/
Le Clève671/
Leghalef671/
Lacklove670/

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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 La Clef
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