How common is the surname Leclaire?

2,778 people in the United States had the surname Leclaire in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 111,140 Americans. It ranked 11,355th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Leclaire?

In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Leclaire identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.0% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

Is the surname Leclaire getting more or less common?

More common. 2,718 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,778 in 2010, up 2.2%.

The surname Leclaire

A surname, carried by 2,778 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). Leclaire is more common than 93% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,778 people named Leclaire in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 111,140 Americans. That is up 2.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,718.

#11,355

rank among US surnames

2,778

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+2.2%

change since 2000 (was #10,773)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,348	Aubuchon	2,780	111,060
#11,354	Carmon	2,779	111,100
#11,355	Summer	2,778	111,140
#11,362	Roussel	2,777	111,180

Who is named Leclaire

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

87% of people named Leclaire identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.0% as American Indian and Alaska Native and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 87%
American Indian and Alaska Native 6.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
Two or more races 2.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Leclaire

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

Questions

How common is the surname Leclaire?: 2,778 people in the United States had the surname Leclaire in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 111,140 Americans. It ranked 11,355th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Leclaire?: In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Leclaire identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.0% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
Is the surname Leclaire getting more or less common?: More common. 2,718 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,778 in 2010, up 2.2%.