Clewer
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Clewer is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Finland than in any other country. Recorded meaning: from Clewer, Berkshire or Somerset; first attested Richard de Clifwara 1156 P (Berks).
- FIFinland1 in 109K(measured from records)
carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Finland (measured from records)
- Sources
- 7 (measured from records)
- 1 in 109K (inferred from the name graph)
51 people
Highest-authority source
Finland
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
from Clewer, Berkshire or Somerset; first attested Richard de Clifwara 1156 P (Berks)
Sources 1
- A Dictionary of English Surnames
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Clewer counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FI Finland | 51 | 1 in 109K | 51 | — | — |
| GB United Kingdom | — | — | listed | Clewer | 4 |
| US United States | — | — | listed | — | — |
51 people counted by DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Clewer is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, from either of the two places, in Berks, and Somerset, so called from the OE tribal name Clifware dwellers on the hill or slope, from OE c/?/slope (see Clive) + ware inhab¬ itants. Vars.: Clives, Clyve, Cliff(e); Cleave(s) (chiefly Devon); Cleeve. Click see Clear Clodic see Claude 132 Clohessy Cobden
as a nameThe Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles
In English, An ecclesiastical parish in the town of Windsor in Windsor and Maidenhead borough, Berkshire, England, which includes the suburbs of Clewer New Town, Clewer Village and Clewer Green.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Selby Clewerb. 1917GBBritish architect (1917-2001)
- Brian Clewerb. 1928GBAmerican radio Dj (1928-2008)
- Pekka Clewerb. 1980FIFinnish association football player
- Richard Clewerpolitician
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 6 sources across 3 countries.
Reference works 2
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Clewer mean, and where does it come from?
- from Clewer, Berkshire or Somerset; first attested Richard de Clifwara 1156 P (Berks) Recorded by A Dictionary of English Surnames.
- In which country does Clewer have the most bearers?
- In Finland, the national register counted about 51 people named Clewer, more than in any other country we hold.
- Where is Clewer most common?
- Clewer is densest in Finland, where the national register counts about 1 in 109 thousand people carrying it.
- How common is the name Clewer?
- In Finland, the national register counted 51 people named Clewer, about 1 in 109 thousand residents.
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Query this name via API
curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/clewerThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. Rate-limited for casual use; a free API key gives 1,000 requests a day, and bulk access is licensed separately.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Clewer”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.