St Clare Surname

1,727,723rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 112 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Grenada

St Clare Surname Definition:

St clere: from a place of that name in the arrondisse­ment of Pont l’Evêque. “This Norman village has bestowed its name upon a Scottish family, an English town, an Irish county, a Cambridge college, a royal dukedom, and a King-at-Arms” (I.

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St Clare Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States431:8,429,278367,833
England311:1,797,35772,927
Australia161:1,687,23181,699
New Zealand131:348,33327,379
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Grenada11:108,5351,793
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Belize11:355,4743,977
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England401:609,38430,680
Wales21:784,20816,349
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1711:293,67723,423

St Clare Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

St clere: from a place of that name in the arrondisse­ment of Pont l’Evêque. “This Norman village has bestowed its name upon a Scottish family, an English town, an Irish county, a Cambridge college, a royal dukedom, and a King-at-Arms” (I. Taylor). The Sieur de St. Clair is named by Wace as at the Battle of Hastings. This was Richard de St. Clair, who had lands in Suffolk (Domesday). His brother Britel held lands in Somerset (ibid.). Now Sinclere or Sinclair.

Family Names And Their Story (1913) by Sabine Baring-Gould

St Clare Last Name Facts

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

St Clare is found most in The United States. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

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

The surname St Clare is the 1,727,723rd most commonly held family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 65,067,374 people. The last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 42 percent of St Clare reside; 39 percent reside in North America and 38 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most widespread in The United States, where it is borne by 43 people, or 1 in 8,429,278. In The United States St Clare is most prevalent in: New York, where 23 percent are found, California, where 16 percent are found and Washington, where 12 percent are found. Outside of The United States St Clare exists in 12 countries. It also occurs in England, where 28 percent are found and Australia, where 14 percent are found.

St Clare Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of St Clare has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the St Clare surname decreased 75 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it decreased 22 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it decreased 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.

St Clare Last Name Statistics demography

St Clare earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 63.93% more than the national average, earning $70,736 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
St Claire94771/
St Clares944/
St Clayre943/
St Clar931/
St Clair888,807/
St Clarr884/
St Clara884/
St Clari881/
St Clear880/
St-Claire8232/
St Claris821/
St Claira820/
St Clor801/
St-Clair75264/
St Cleir752/
St-Clore751/
St Klair751/
St-Cleur631/

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