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clair Name Meaning and History

French: from the personal name Clair (Latin Clarus ‘illustrious’), which was borne by a 3rd-century bishop of Nantes and by the 4th-century St. Clair of Aquitaine.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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clair Family Facts

Distribution of clair Families in the US in 1920
Number of clair families
 71-139
 24-70		 1-23
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Compiled by Ancestry.co.uk from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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