Clerc is used as a family name or surname in France. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Clerc
No. of characters: 5
Origin: France
Meaning:

Clerc is a variant form 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.

Family name is a variation of 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.

The clerk.

How popular is Clerc?

Clerc is common in France, Switzerland, United States, Argentina, Chile.

Clerc is ranked 22678 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Clercs plummeted by 33.88 per cent to 242 since 2000 and slipped by 25774 spots and ranked at 78821. The last name was found in merely 8 per ten million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 94.63 90.71
Others 3.31 2.46
Clerc is quite popular family name mostly used in France while Switzerland is ahead in terms of density. Around 23957 people have been found who wears Clerc as their family name. Clerc is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with ten thousands of Clerc:
265 France18,359
Countries with thousands of Clerc:
212 Switzerland3,889
Countries with hundreds of Clerc:
45,639 United States656
14,625 Argentina245
5,727 Chile101
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
75,810 Brazil86
43,050 England70
31,316 Netherlands70
52,014 Canada58
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
8,136 Dominican Republic46
38,115 Spain45
48,196 Australia37
115,720 Germany37
1,949 French Polynesia31
42,948 Belgium28
2,723 New Caledonia26
5,175 Luxembourg20
328,346 Thailand18
2,908 Madagascar16
25,468 Venezuela14
95,442 Malaysia12
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
22,825 Uruguay9
121,657 Italy6
48,272 Ivory Coast6
53,861 Mexico6
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Immigrants to US

From Germany

Louis Clerc was 24 years old when he migrated to New York on September 17, 1852. He lived in Wurtemberg where he worked as farmer and took South Carolina from Havre. Catherine Clerc, aged 26, Leon Clerc, aged 2, Theodore Clerc, aged 3, 28 years old Friederic Clerc, Cecile Clerc (18) Servant, 28 years old R. Clerc, H-Mrs Clerc (36) Governess, Berthe Clerc, and 20 other Clerc around 33.33% of whom were farmer while others worked as servant and merchant migrated to US from Havre, Havre & London and Liverpool & Queenstown.

Clerc Namesakes

  • Louis August le Clerc, French-born sculptor working in Denmark
  • Patrice Clerc, past president of the Amaury Sport Organisation which promotes a number of professional cycling events including the Tour de France
  • Laurent Clerc, French teacher called "The Apostle of the Deaf in America" and was regarded as the most renowned deaf person
  • José Luis Clerc, former Argentine professional tennis player
  • Julien Clerc, French singer and songwriter
  • Vincent Clerc, former French rugby union player
  • François Clerc, French footballer
  • François le Clerc, 16th-century French privateer
  • Aurélien Clerc, Swiss former professional road bicycle racer

Clerc Namesakes

  • Louis August le Clerc, French-born sculptor working in Denmark
  • Patrice Clerc, past president of the Amaury Sport Organisation which promotes a number of professional cycling events including the Tour de France
  • Laurent Clerc, French teacher called "The Apostle of the Deaf in America" and was regarded as the most renowned deaf person
  • José Luis Clerc, former Argentine professional tennis player
  • Julien Clerc, French singer and songwriter
  • Vincent Clerc, former French rugby union player
  • François Clerc, French footballer
  • François le Clerc, 16th-century French privateer
  • Aurélien Clerc, Swiss former professional road bicycle racer

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