Clegg is used as a family name or surname in Canada. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Clegg
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Canada
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Clegg

How popular is Clegg?

Clegg is common in Canada.

Clegg is ranked 19710 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Clegg bearers increased by 4.169364 per cent in 2010 US census to 8045 since 2000, the surname slipped by 170 spots and ranked at 4414. The last name was found in around 27 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 85.18 86.55
Black 9.94 9.98
Hispanic or Latino 2.29 1.53
Others 1.43 0.97
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.81 0.7
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.35 0.27
Clegg is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Isle of Man is ahead in terms of density. Around 26418 people have been found who wears Clegg as their family name. Clegg is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
486,351 Russia10
52,864 United Arab Emirates9
24,455 Saudi Arabia5
9,759 Japan5
18,646 Thailand4
11,802 Egypt4
46,030 Philippines4
1,014,159 India4
32,472 Azerbaijan3
13,481 Qatar3
35,184 Poland3
32,695 Nigeria3
19,452 Malaysia3
127,708 Czech Republic3
32,086 Mexico3
4,164 Vietnam2
4,104 South Korea2
5,318 Iraq2
993 Guernsey2
3,670 Mozambique2
21,529 Singapore2
10,683 Cyprus1
37,493 Austria1
53,505 Turkey1
169,904 Brazil1
3,307 Malta1
120,357 Argentina1
42,479 Greece1
11,510 Oman1
10,190 Bahrain1
15,162 Costa Rica1
5,872 Namibia1
3,952 Yemen1
7,191 Afghanistan1
38,830 Morocco1
9,498 Iceland1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
4,813 Hong Kong47
95,259 Italy45
21,712 Sweden44
18,843 Chile36
43,662 Belgium30
20,233 Denmark25
28,338 Norway20
50,826 Zimbabwe19
69,202 Netherlands18
90,144 Germany11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
27,183 Spain97
17,456 Switzerland63
192 Isle of Man55
Countries with hundreds of Clegg:
1,662 New Zealand452
973 Wales406
2,015 Scotland354
1,341 Northern Ireland215
71,478 France135
3,314 Ireland120
Countries with thousands of Clegg:
4,106 United States9,766
848 England8,690
3,310 South Africa1,954
1,992 Australia1,589
2,782 Ghana1,118
4,418 Canada1,016
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 26 years old Joseph Clegg who was residing in Ireland migrated to USA on March 1, 1849 by Arrick put out from Liverpool. 21 years old Francis Clegg, Mason Abraham Clegg, U Clegg, Workman James Clegg, 35 years old Thomas Clegg, Immigrant Sarah Clegg, Born at sea David Clegg, Francis Clegg (30) Immigrant, and 13 other Clegg majority of whom were workman and others worked as mason and farmer migrated to US from Liverpool, Belfast and Londonderry.

Clegg Namesakes

  • Bill Clegg, Author
  • Alec Clegg, Author
  • Allegra Clegg, Film producer
  • Tom Clegg, Television Director
  • Averil Clegg, Author
  • Alec Clegg, Author
  • Nick Clegg, Former Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
  • Harry Clegg, Soccer player
  • Tom Clegg, Actor
  • Cy Clegg, Actor
  • In 2019, Lily Clegg portrayed the role of Izzy in comedy, drama film Alone Together.

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