Popularity of the last name by country
Netherlands
- Noord-Brabant (8,298)
- Noord-Holland (4,077)
- Zeeland (3,193)
- Zuid-Holland (2,852)
- Limburg (1,612)
- Gelderland (1,085)
- Utrecht (421)
- Groningen (156)
- Drenthe (155)
- Overijssel (142)
- Fryslân | Friesland (82)
- Flevoland (11)
All countries
- France (1,918,758)
- Belgium (72,362)
- United Kingdom (45,951)
- Canada (40,628)
- United States (39,652)
- Netherlands (35,706)
- Switzerland (15,361)
- Germany (14,239)
- Algeria (6,111)
- Luxembourg (5,441)
- Austria (3,294)
- Spain (2,146)
- Denmark (2,011)
- Unknown country (1,854)
- Italy (1,653)
- Australia (1,287)
- New Zealand (1,110)
- Tunisia (1,049)
- Slovakia (Slovak Republic) (1,048)
- Ireland (955)
- Martinique (693)
- Hungary (538)
- Czech republic (371)
- Guadeloupe (367)
- Viet Nam (337)
- St. Pierre and Miquelon (302)
- Morocco (289)
- New Caledonia (236)
- Madagascar (216)
- Sweden (198)
- Turkey (194)
- Réunion (187)
- Poland (186)
- Finland (170)
- French Guiana (148)
- Romania (123)
- Mauritius (120)
- Mexico (119)
- Russian Federation (118)
- Israel (110)
Origine of last name
CLEMENT : English Catalan German Flemish and Dutch; French and Walloon (Clément): from the Latin personal name Clemens meaning ‘merciful’ (genitive Clementis). This achieved popularity firstly through having been borne by an early Christian saint who was a disciple of Saint Paul and later because it was selected as a symbolic name by a number of early popes. There has also been some confusion with the personal name Clemence (from Latin Clementia meaning ‘mercy’ an abstract noun derived from the adjective; in part a masculine name from Latin Clementius a later derivative of Clemens). In North America the English form of the surname has absorbed cognates from other languages especially Italian <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Clemente">Clemente</a> and also their derivatives.
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