The Clare surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,309 people carried this name — #7,702 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 68,500 people counted. That is up 3% from 4,189 in 2000.
In Ireland’s birth registers, 1890
Ireland registered 9 births for the Clare name in 1890.
Most were registered in Leinster. By the Registrar-General’s own method — births multiplied by 44.38 — that is about 400 people bearing the name in Ireland at the time. The Registrar-General’s note on the name: “Dublin.”
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born, 1890
Registrar-General for Ireland, «Special Report on Surnames in Ireland» (R. E. Matheson, 1894), births index of 1890 — public domain.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 133 people named Clare.
14 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 21 départements, most often Corrèze.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In print
Clare in American newspapers,
1872–1885.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,299,763 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Clare,
with a public archive behind them.
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Elizabeth de Clare 1295–1360 -
Emma Clare d. 1902
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Martin Clare d. 1751 · mathematician
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Gilbert Clare 1173–1185
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Agnes de Clare 1218–1261
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Agnes de Clare 1224–1261
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Clare.
- Claeys 1,398 · U.S. census
- Clain 158 · U.S. census
- Clair 4,571 · U.S. census
- Claire 1,253 · U.S. census
- Clar 320 · U.S. census
- Clara 1,099 · U.S. census
- Clarey 911 · U.S. census
- Clarin 604 · U.S. census
- Clark 562,679 · U.S. census
- Clarke 68,281 · U.S. census
- Claro 1,051 · U.S. census
- Clary 11,139 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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