Clares Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 1
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 1
Durham 6
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 1
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 1

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 3
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Clares Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Clares family

Profession Census Frequency
Farm Labourer 2
Salesman 1
Sicker Clerk 1
Private Means 1
General Lalnuel 1
Coal Miner Pony Drwer 1
Coal Miner Pony Drwer (below) 1
Hotel Barman 1
School 1
Domestic 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Clares

Name Census Frequency
Mary Clares 9
John Clares 6
Elizabeth Clares 5
Ann Clares 4
Charles Clares 4
Ellen Clares 4
James Clares 4
George Clares 3
Horace Clares 3
Sarah Clares 3
Thomas Clares 3
William Clares 3
Anne Clares 2
Arthur Clares 2
Emily Clares 2
Harriet Clares 2
Hugh Clares 2
Jane Clares 2
Job Clares 2
Joseph Clares 2
Julia Clares 2
Peter Clares 2
Robert Clares 2
Erandan Clares 1
Ethel Clares 1

Clares Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Claris 83% 798
2 Clears 67% 714
3 Cleares 86% 119
4 Clares 100% 110

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The surname Clares is the 4th most popular variant of Claris.

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