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

Clinard, 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 Clinard surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Clinard in America

Clinard is the 15792nd most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Clinard surname appeared 1,844 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 people would have the surname Clinard.

We can also compare 2010 data for Clinard 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 Clinard

The surname Clinard has its origins in France, dating back to the 12th century. It is believed to have originated from the Old French word "clinard," which referred to a person who lived near a slope or a hill. The name is thought to have first appeared in the regions of Burgundy and Picardy.

The earliest recorded instance of the name Clinard can be found in the Cartulaire de l'Abbaye de Cluny, a medieval manuscript that dates back to the late 12th century. This document mentions a certain Raoul Clinard, who was a landowner in the village of Cluny.

During the 13th century, the name Clinard appeared in several other historical records, including the Cartulaire de l'Abbaye de Saint-Germain-des-Prés, which mentions a Guillaume Clinard who lived in Paris. Another notable mention is in the Cartulaire de l'Abbaye de Saint-Père-en-Vallée, where a certain Jehan Clinard is recorded as a landowner in the village of Chartres.

In the 14th century, the name Clinard began to spread throughout France, with variations such as Clinarc, Clinard, and Clinart appearing in various regions. One notable bearer of the name during this period was Étienne Clinard, a merchant from Lyon who was born in 1328 and died in 1402.

As the surname Clinard continued to evolve, it was also adopted in other parts of Europe, particularly in the Low Countries and Germany. In the 16th century, a famous bearer of the name was Jasper Clinard, a Dutch painter and engraver who was born in Antwerp in 1526 and died in 1592.

Another notable figure with the surname Clinard was Jean-Baptiste Clinard, a French philosopher and theologian who lived in the 17th century. He was born in Paris in 1642 and died in 1702, leaving behind a significant body of work that explored the intersection of faith and reason.

During the 18th century, the name Clinard gained prominence in the United States, with several bearers of the name arriving from France and other parts of Europe. One of the earliest recorded instances of the name in America was that of Pierre Clinard, a French immigrant who settled in Virginia in the late 1700s.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Clinard

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

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 Clinard 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 Clinard 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 Clinard was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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