Last Name CLEARY

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Meaning	From the Gaelic 'Cleireach,' a clerk, a clergyman, a writer. A noted family of historians whose estates were in the county of Donnegal, Ireland.

Origin	Irish

Rank	2,120 (2000 US census)	2,478 (1990 US census)

Count	15,685 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

94.54%, or 14829 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
2.37%, or 372 total occurrences, as black,
0.42%, or 66 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.19%, or 30 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.03%, or 162 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.45%, or 227 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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