The Claire surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,253 people carried this name — #20,996 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 238,100 people counted. That is up 14% from 1,099 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 913 people named Claire.
20 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 63 départements, most often Guadeloupe.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
Who carried it
People named Claire,
with a public archive behind them.
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Gertrude Claire 1852–1928 · actor -
Ina Claire 1893–1985 · actor -
Luella G. Smith 1896–1978 · photographer
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Sœur Claire 1897–1989 · nurse
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Adele Claire 1927–1993 · actor
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Fred Claire 1935– · sports executive
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Claire.
- Claerhout 155 · U.S. census
- Claes 277 · U.S. census
- Claessens 150 · U.S. census
- Claeys 1,398 · U.S. census
- Clain 158 · U.S. census
- Clair 4,571 · U.S. census
- Clar 320 · U.S. census
- Clara 1,099 · U.S. census
- Clare 4,309 · U.S. census
- Clarey 911 · U.S. census
- Clarin 604 · U.S. census
- Clark 562,679 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Claire is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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