Popularity of the last name by country

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Origine of last name

LECLERC : 1: French and Walloon: occupational or status name for a member of a minor religious order or for a scholar a variant of French <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Clerc">Clerc</a> with fused masculine definite article le. Compare <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Leclair">Leclair</a> and <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Leclere">Leclere</a>.2: Altered form of French <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Auclair">Auclair</a>.3: Altered form of French <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Clair">Clair</a>.4: Altered form of French Petitclerc a compound of <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Petit">Petit</a> ‘small’ and <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Clerc">Clerc</a> (see 1 above).

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