Popularity of the last name by country
Netherlands
- Noord-Holland (151)
- Limburg (147)
- Zuid-Holland (92)
- Noord-Brabant (19)
- Utrecht (16)
- Zeeland (15)
- Gelderland (12)
- Fryslân | Friesland (4)
- Overijssel (2)
- Groningen (1)
All countries
- France (1,368,315)
- Canada (125,406)
- Belgium (15,003)
- United States (2,429)
- Réunion (2,226)
- Algeria (2,096)
- Switzerland (1,566)
- Italy (1,069)
- Luxembourg (937)
- Germany (875)
- United Kingdom (785)
- Netherlands (676)
- Haiti (626)
- Unknown country (428)
- Morocco (307)
- Spain (302)
- Viet Nam (203)
- Martinique (200)
- Tunisia (181)
- New Caledonia (148)
- Mauritius (106)
- French Guiana (97)
- Ireland (92)
- Madagascar (92)
- Guadeloupe (91)
- Austria (73)
- India (64)
- Australia (61)
- Chile (60)
- Brazil (40)
- Greece (40)
- Romania (40)
- Senegal (37)
- Colombia (36)
- Turkey (35)
- Portugal (33)
- St. Pierre and Miquelon (31)
- Russian Federation (29)
- Egypt (26)
- New Zealand (26)
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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