Claire is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, France, England. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Claire
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Ireland, France, England
Meaning:

A variation of the Clare. One who came from Clare, i.e., plain, or flat piece of land, the name of several villages and a county, in Ireland.

Lastname Claire is variation of the Clair. Descendant of Clair meaning "illustrious," a man's name; the light-complexioned man; one who came from Clare meaning "clayey slope," the name of several places in England; one who came from St. Clare or St. Clair, the name of various places in France.

Descendant of Clair meaning "illustrious," a man's name; the light-complexioned man; one who came from Clare meaning "clayey slope," the name of several places in England; one who came from St. Clare or St. Clair, the name of various places in France.

Claire is a variant form of the Clerc. The clerk.

How popular is Claire?

Claire is common in Chad, France, Rwanda, United States, Ethiopia, Israel, England, Ghana, New Zealand, Australia, Canada, DR Congo, Kenya.

Claire is ranked 26479 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Claires grew by 14.01 per cent to 1253 since 2000 and ranked 20996 after elevating 1002 spots. The last name was found in around 4 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 74.94 77.71
Hispanic or Latino 10.93 8.83
Black 9.18 9.01
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 3.83 2.82
Claire is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Chad which signifies its Chad provenence. Around 20340 people have been found who wears Claire as their family name. Claire is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Claire:
488 Chad4,910
1,998 France3,681
908 Rwanda3,101
15,558 United States2,392
6,165 Ethiopia1,610
854 Israel1,514
Countries with hundreds of Claire:
10,844 England540
7,799 Ghana346
2,564 New Zealand310
12,902 Australia232
16,066 Canada232
29,912 DR Congo219
18,555 Kenya161
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
4,046 Mauritius66
3,478 Singapore64
13,976 Ivory Coast56
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
29,441 Belgium49
1,518 China49
197,614 Thailand49
9,331 Kuwait48
21,548 Mexico47
37,608 Cameroon46
8,136 Dominican Republic46
278,402 India42
3,551 Jamaica39
19,302 United Arab Emirates33
10,357 Scotland28
147,383 Germany25
246,176 Indonesia25
57,482 Uganda24
213,215 Brazil21
168,058 Philippines21
1,289 Malta18
19,343 Iraq16
2,908 Madagascar16
36,405 Switzerland16
12,484 Wales16
11,209 Lebanon15
89,138 Malaysia13
237,812 Nigeria13
110,230 Italy11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
846 Burundi9
54,497 Morocco9
3,029 Guam8
88,902 Netherlands8
17,989 Taiwan8
2,565 Belize7
14,436 Haiti7
118,663 Papua New Guinea6
189,736 South Africa6
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Immigrants to US

From Italy

26 years old farmer Maurizio Claire who was residing in Italy migrated to USA on August 2, 1890 by Gellert put out from Hamburg & Havre.

From Germany

29 years old farmer Jenny Claire who was residing in France migrated to USA on June 28, 1852 by Nimrod put out from Havre. 4 years old Pierre Claire, Marie Claire, Laborer Jean Claire, 35 years old Adele-Mrs. Claire, Elisabeth Claire, aged 26, 30 years old Lambert Claire, 21 years old U-Mr Claire, are other Claire that migrated to US from Havre, Antwerp & Bordeaux and Liverpool & Queenstown.

Claire Namesakes

  • Jasmin St. Claire, Jasmin St
  • Taylor St. Claire, Taylor St
  • Ina Claire, American stage and film actress
  • H & Claire, pop duo
  • Gertrude Claire, actress of the American stage and Hollywood silent motion pictures
  • Paul Le Claire, member of the States of Jersey from 1999 to 2011
  • Randy St. Claire, Randall Anthony St
  • Fred Claire, former major league baseball executive
  • Ebba St. Claire, Edward Joseph "Ebba" St

Claire Namesakes

  • Jasmin St. Claire, Jasmin St
  • Taylor St. Claire, Taylor St
  • Ina Claire, American stage and film actress
  • H & Claire, pop duo
  • Gertrude Claire, actress of the American stage and Hollywood silent motion pictures
  • Paul Le Claire, member of the States of Jersey from 1999 to 2011
  • Randy St. Claire, Randall Anthony St
  • Fred Claire, former major league baseball executive
  • Ebba St. Claire, Edward Joseph "Ebba" St

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