Find out how popular the last name Clairmont is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Clairmont.

Clairmont, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Clairmont surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Clairmont in America

Clairmont is the 19321st most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Clairmont surname appeared 1,401 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Clairmont.

We can also compare 2010 data for Clairmont to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Clairmont

The surname Clairmont is of French origin and can be traced back to the 12th century. It is derived from the Old French words "cler" meaning clear or bright, and "mont" meaning hill or mountain. This suggests that the name may have originated from a place name referring to a bright or clear hill or mountain.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Clairmont can be found in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it is spelled as "Clermont." This was a survey of land ownership in England commissioned by William the Conqueror after the Norman invasion.

In the 13th century, the name Clairmont appeared in various documents and records across France and England. It was often associated with places like Clermont-Ferrand in the Auvergne region of France, or Clermont in Normandy, which may have been the original place from which the surname originated.

A notable figure with the surname Clairmont was Robert de Clairmont, a French knight who fought in the Crusades during the late 12th century. Another famous bearer of the name was Geoffroy de Clairmont, a 13th-century French nobleman and military leader who participated in the Seventh Crusade.

In England, one of the earliest recorded individuals with the surname Clairmont was Sir John de Clairmont, a knight who lived during the reign of King Edward I in the late 13th century. He was granted lands in Gloucestershire and Somerset.

During the 16th and 17th centuries, the spelling of the name evolved to its modern form of Clairmont. One notable figure from this period was Sir Thomas Clairmont (1560-1628), an English soldier and politician who served as a Member of Parliament and fought in the Anglo-Spanish War.

Another prominent individual with the surname Clairmont was Claire Clairmont (1798-1879), an English writer and member of the Romantic literary circle. She was the stepsister of Mary Shelley and had relationships with several notable figures, including Lord Byron and Percy Bysshe Shelley.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Clairmont

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Clairmont.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Clairmont was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Clairmont has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Clairmont was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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