Leclere Family History
Leclere Name Meaning
French (Leclère): metronymic from a female personal
name from the dialect word clère ‘clear’ (modern French
clair(e)), with the definite article le, which was
feminine in the old Picard dialect. The surname may also be derived
from a place in Seine-Maritime called Clère, which comes from the
name of a river which rises there, La Clères ‘clear river’.North American spelling variant of Leclair or
Leclerc.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Leclere
Name Distribution of Leclere Families
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England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Leclere families
 4 - 5  2 - 3 |
 1  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Leclere last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Leclere census records
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Leclere Family Origin
Leclere Emigration Information (US)
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Leclere Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Leclere census records
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Military Service by Leclere
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