The Leclerc surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,014 people carried this name — #10,626 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 98,000 people counted. That is up 9% from 2,762 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Leclerc surname
A surname, Leclerc, originating as an occupation.
Occupational surname from clerc (“clergyman”). In France, most prevalent in Seine-Maritime department..
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Leclerc» (French), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 15,134 people named Leclerc.
141 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 97 départements, most often Seine-Maritime.
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 357 people named Leclerc 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
190 people named Leclerc live in Switzerland.
They live in 13 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 89 people named Leclerc live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Leclerc in American newspapers,
1886–1915.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 7,592 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Leclerc,
with a public archive behind them.
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Pierre Leclerc 1500–1546 · carder -
Chrétienne Leclerc 1563– -
François Leclerc du Tremblay 1577–1638 · politician -
Jean LeClerc 1587–1633 · painter -
Sébastien Leclerc 1637–1714 · military engineer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 188 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Leclerc.
- Lechene 124 · U.S. census
- Lecher 752 · U.S. census
- Lechien 145 · U.S. census
- Lechner 4,149 · U.S. census
- Leclair 8,162 · U.S. census
- Leclaire 2,778 · U.S. census
- Leclercq 497 · U.S. census
- Leclere 588 · U.S. census
- Lecloux 156 · U.S. census
- Lecocq 267 · U.S. census
- Lecompte 3,120 · U.S. census
- Lecomte 775 · U.S. census
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