Le Clare Surname

4,116,508th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Wales
Highest density in:
Wales

Le Clare Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Le Clare Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Wales211:147,35910,403
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Wales101:156,8426,008
England41:6,093,842135,151
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1121:448,38132,409

Le Clare Last Name Facts

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

The surname Le Clare is found most frequently in Wales. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

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

The last name is the 4,116,508th most common last name on earth, held by around 1 in 316,849,822 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 96 percent of Le Clare live; 96 percent live in Northern Europe and 96 percent live in British Isles.

The surname is most frequent in Wales, where it is carried by 21 people, or 1 in 147,359. In Wales it is most common in: Caerphilly County Borough, where 57 percent are found, City and County of Newport, where 38 percent are found and Vale of Glamorgan County Borough, where 5 percent are found. Beside Wales this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 4 percent are found and England, where 4 percent are found.

Le Clare Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Le Clare has changed over time. In Wales the number of people bearing the Le Clare surname expanded 210 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in England it declined 75 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Le Claire941,055/
Le Clares941/
Le Clarey940/
Le Clar931/
Le Clair88784/
Le Clere88340/
La Clare88112/
Le Clear8817/
Le-Clare883/
Le Clère882/
Le Clarr880/
Le Clerre8265/
La Claire8228/
Le-Claire827/
La Clarie824/
Le Cloitre7854/
Le Cloître781/
La Clair75137/
Le Cleir7513/
Le-Clair753/
Le-Clere753/
La Clear750/

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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 Le Clare
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