Close is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Close
No. of characters: 5
Origin: United States
Meaning: Name met in Belgium. It is a hypocoristic of Niklaus Christian name (= Nicolas) formed by apheresis. Other forms: Clos, Closse.

How popular is Close?

Close is common in United States.

Close is ranked 20088 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Close bearers increased by 2.299968 per cent in 2010 US census to 9474 since 2000, the surname slipped by 214 spots and ranked at 3739. The last name was found in around 32 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 90.91 92.14
Black 4.23 4.05
Hispanic or Latino 2.24 1.77
Others 1.72 1.22
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.59 0.52
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.31 0.3
Close is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Northern Ireland is ahead in terms of density. Around 25856 people have been found who wears Close as their family name. Close is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
4,742 China9
9,568 Thailand8
98,953 Belarus7
607,991 Indonesia5
75,381 Kyrgyzstan4
6,270 Hong Kong3
2,720 South Korea3
11,342 Uruguay3
2,967 Vietnam3
6,779 Nicaragua3
4,915 Panama3
14,078 Japan3
20,541 Peru3
18,035 Egypt2
10,858 Tunisia2
41,879 Turkey2
52,939 United Arab Emirates2
2,617 Cambodia2
124,220 Italy2
33,202 Saudi Arabia2
26,123 Malaysia2
1,118 Isle of Man2
66,560 Philippines1
56,169 Mexico1
50,549 Georgia1
1,970 Grenada1
8,268 Mauritius1
12,745 Luxembourg1
8,859 Iraq1
53,033 Nigeria1
16,228 Bulgaria1
3,307 Malta1
846 American Samoa1
174,544 Czech Republic1
28,746 Algeria1
7,847 Albania1
48,575 Azerbaijan1
24,771 Colombia1
49,101 Denmark1
58,885 Poland1
21,562 Portugal1
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
17,768 Pakistan1
11,510 Oman1
77,122 Sweden1
17,236 Ghana1
2,613 The Bahamas1
49,529 Israel1
9,498 Iceland1
13,447 Uganda1
25,746 Finland1
29,595 Iran1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
3,275 Nepal1
3,214 Niger1
10,958 Bangladesh1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
42,791 Spain49
119,358 Ukraine32
70,042 Kazakhstan29
36,547 Switzerland27
493,558 India15
Countries with hundreds of Close:
8,044 South Africa804
2,529 Belgium638
516 Northern Ireland632
1,395 Scotland538
20,699 Germany504
25,757 Brazil477
3,073 Guatemala369
2,212 New Zealand343
1,412 Wales282
38,971 France257
13,267 Greece147
19,113 Netherlands142
2,912 Ireland142
90,932 Russia133
40,399 Argentina119
Countries with thousands of Close:
1,751 England4,544
1,201 Australia2,637
3,780 Canada1,224
Countries with ten thousands of Close:
3,442 United States11,663
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

John Close was 52 years old when he migrated to USA during Irish famine on May 5, 1849. He lived in Ireland where he worked as workman and took Aramenta from Belfast. Immigrant Sally Close, 55 years old Jos. Close, 8 years old William Close, Maid Margaret Close, 20 years old Rachael Close, Elizabeth Close, Thomas Close, aged 11 months old, William Close, aged 23, and 22 other Close around 41.67% of whom were workman while others worked as servant and farmer migrated to US from Belfast, Liverpool and Glasgow.

Comments

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Sharri Mani
 Close is a family name, a variant of Clauze, topographic name for the pen, by extension, rural farm, farm.

Close Namesakes

  • Chaz Close characterized central character of Randall in 2008 drama, romance movie Burned.

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