How Many People Have the Last Name Clair?
people had the surname Clair in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 64,516 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Of 162,253 surnames
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
White
Change Since 2000
+51 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Clair (83.3%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 10.2%, are non-Hispanic Black. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Clair ranks #5,615. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic White share fell from 86.8% to 83.3%.
📈 Change Since 2000
Clair grew from 4,520 people in 2000 to 4,571 in 2010 (up 1.1%), and its rank fell from #6,858 to #7,292. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 1.68 to 1.55 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 4,520 | 4,571 |
| Rank | #6,858 | #7,292 |
| Per 100,000 people | 1.68 | 1.55 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Clair
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Clair: C460
👤 Clair as a First Name
Clair is a first name too: about 5,520 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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