Clair

Clair is the 7,342nd most common surname in the United States, shared by 4,375 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 68,300.

By the numbers

People: 4,375
Rank: 7,342nd
How common: 1 in 68,300
Per 100,000: 1.5

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Clair described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 80.5%
Black, not Hispanic 10.6%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 3.2%
Hispanic or Latino 3.1%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 2.0%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.6%

Notable people called Clair

René Clair (1898–1981)French filmmaker and writer
Dayne St. Clair (born 1997)Canadian soccer player
Jean Clair (born 1940)French journalist
Arthur St. Clair (1737–1818)American soldier and politician
Malcolm St. Clair (1897–1952)Hollywood film director, writer, producer and actor
Cyrielle Clair (born 1955)French actress
Jessica St. Clair (born 1976)American actress and comedian
Sandie Clair (born 1988)French racing cyclist and bobsledder

People named Clair with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Clair

Also a first name

Clair has been given to 16,351 American babies as a first name since 1880, peaking in 1923. See it as a given name.

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Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.