Popularity of the last name by country

Netherlands

• Zuid-Holland (196)
• Noord-Holland (118)
• Gelderland (95)
• Zeeland (52)
• Groningen (43)
• Noord-Brabant (38)
• Limburg (30)
• Utrecht (16)
• Drenthe (2)
• Fryslân | Friesland (2)
• Overijssel (2)

All countries

• France (141,085)
• United States (32,260)
• United Kingdom (14,468)
• Canada (1,778)
• New Zealand (1,361)
• Switzerland (1,159)
• Belgium (1,020)
• Australia (990)
• Netherlands (869)
• Unknown country (723)
• Germany (680)
• Ireland (677)
• Sweden (581)
• Spain (421)
• Algeria (270)
• Italy (252)
• French Guiana (217)
• Martinique (149)
• Réunion (137)
• Guadeloupe (122)
• Mauritius (86)
• Hungary (79)
• Mexico (78)
• Morocco (73)
• Austria (68)
• Argentina (65)
• India (60)
• Tunisia (57)
• Denmark (53)
• Russian Federation (41)
• Madagascar (37)
• Colombia (33)
• Viet Nam (33)
• China (32)
• Egypt (32)
• Poland (32)
• Ukraine (31)
• Norway (28)
• Lebanon (26)
• Israel (22)

Origine of last name

CLAIR : 1: French: from the male personal name Clair (from Latin Clarus ‘illustrious’) which was borne by two early Christian saints a 3rd-century bishop of Nantes and the 4th-century St. Clair of Aquitaine.2: French: nickname for a cheerful individual from the adjective clair ‘bright light’. Compare <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Leclair">Leclair</a> 1.3: American shortened form of French <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Leclair">Leclair</a> 1 a cognate of 2 above.4: Americanized form of German <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Klare">Klare</a> or perhaps <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Klehr">Klehr</a>. Compare <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Klair">Klair</a> 1.5: Irish: variant of <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Clare">Clare</a> or a shortened form of McClair itself probably a shortened and altered form of <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/McCleary">McCleary</a>.