How common is the surname Leclair?

8,162 people in the United States had the surname Leclair in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 37,827 Americans. It ranked 4,351st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Leclair?

In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Leclair identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

Who is the most famous person named Leclair?

John LeClair, American ice hockey player.

Where is the surname Leclair most common?

Wikidata records people named Leclair in the United States.

Is the surname Leclair getting more or less common?

More common. 7,836 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,162 in 2010, up 4.2%.

The surname Leclair

A French surname, carried by 8,162 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex L246

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Leclair is more common than 97.3% of them.

Origin

French origin

Borrowed from French Leclair.

One of 791 French surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,162 people named Leclair in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 37,827 Americans. That is up 4.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,836.

#4,351

rank among US surnames

8,162

people in 2010

2.8

per 100,000 Americans

+4.2%

change since 2000 (was #4,196)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,346	Caudle	8,167	37,804
#4,347	Loftus	8,166	37,809
#4,348	Palermo	8,165	37,813
#4,351	Leclair	8,162	37,827

Who is named Leclair

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

91% of people named Leclair identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as American Indian and Alaska Native and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 91%
American Indian and Alaska Native 2.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 2.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Leclairs

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

John LeClair
American ice hockey player, born 1969

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Leclair

Leclair has the Soundex code L246, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L246.

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Leclair come from?: Borrowed from French Leclair.
How common is the surname Leclair?: 8,162 people in the United States had the surname Leclair in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 37,827 Americans. It ranked 4,351st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Leclair?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Leclair identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
Who is the most famous person named Leclair?: John LeClair, American ice hockey player.
Where is the surname Leclair most common?: Wikidata records people named Leclair in the United States.
Is the surname Leclair getting more or less common?: More common. 7,836 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,162 in 2010, up 4.2%.