The Close surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 9,474 people carried this name — #3,739 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 31,200 people counted. That is up 2% from 9,261 in 2000.
In Ireland’s birth registers, 1890
Ireland registered 16 births for the Close name in 1890.
Most were registered in Ulster. By the Registrar-General’s own method — births multiplied by 44.38 — that is about 700 people bearing the name in Ireland at the time. The Registrar-General’s note on the name: “Antrim.”
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 591 people named Close 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 Liège.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 109 people named Close.
17 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 16 départements, most often Martinique.
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.
Who carried it
People named Close,
with a public archive behind them.
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Elizabeth Close d. 1856 -
Nicholas Close d. 1452 · Catholic priest
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Rosa Close d. 1880
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Jane Close d. 1724
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Hedworth Lamston Close d. 1944
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Phettiplace Close 1594– · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Close.
- Clery 153 · U.S. census
- Cliche 247 · U.S. census
- Climent 102 · U.S. census
- Clinard 1,844 · U.S. census
- Clor 295 · U.S. census
- Clos 580 · U.S. census
- Closson 1,928 · U.S. census
- Cloud 14,555 · U.S. census
- Cloutier 7,461 · U.S. census
- Clovis 495 · U.S. census
- Co 2,642 · U.S. census
- Coache 142 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Close is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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