The Clara surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 1,045 people carried this name — #22,870 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 256,400 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 277 people named Clara.
40 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 42 départements, most often Pyrénées-Orientales.
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.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 127 people named Clara live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Hainaut.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
50 people named Clara live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Clara.
- Claessens 143 · U.S. census
- Claeys 1,344 · U.S. census
- Clain 178 · U.S. census
- Clair 4,520 · U.S. census
- Claire 1,099 · U.S. census
- Clar 365 · U.S. census
- Clare 4,189 · U.S. census
- Clarey 882 · U.S. census
- Clarin 473 · U.S. census
- Clark 548,369 · U.S. census
- Clarke 62,546 · U.S. census
- Claro 960 · U.S. census
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