Claves 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 0
Durham 1
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 1
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 15
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 1
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 2

Wales

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

Claves Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Claves family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 3
Grocer's Assistant 2
Domestic Servant 2
Clerk 1
Coal Agent 1
Draper's Assistant 1
Glass Blower 1
Saddler Master Emplolying 3 Men 1
Nil 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Claves

Name Census Frequency
John Claves 7
Mary Claves 7
William Claves 7
Sarah Claves 6
Thomas Claves 6
Eliza Claves 5
George Claves 5
Hannah Claves 5
Emma Claves 3
James Claves 3
Alfred Claves 2
Daniel Claves 2
Elizabeth Claves 2
Esan Claves 2
Henry Claves 2
Lilly Claves 2
Susan Claves 2
Walter Claves 2
Alexander Claves 1
Alice Claves 1
Amy Claves 1
Ann Claves 1
Annie Claves 1
Bert Claves 1
Bryne Claves 1

Claves Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Cleaves 86% 1,515
2 Cleves 83% 581
3 Cloves 83% 481
4 Cleeves 71% 364
5 Clives 83% 150
6 Claves 100% 104

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The surname Claves is the 6th most popular variant of Cleaves.

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