Last name: SINCLAIR
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Last name frequency
SINCLAIR : This last name is indexed 299,464 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
SINCLAIR : 1: Scottish and English: of Norman origin a habitational name from Saint-Clair-sur-Elle (Manche) so called from the dedication of its church to Saint Clarus (see Clare 3).2: Americanized form of some similar (like-sounding) Jewish surname.
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