Leclerc (surname)

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Leclerc, Le Clerc, LeClerc
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Origin
Language(s)French
Meaning clerk, scribe
Region of originFrance
Other names
Variant form(s) Schreiber, Schrieber, Scriver, Schriver, Schriever, Schriewer, Schriefer, Schrijver, Schreber; Scrivener, Shriver; Deák; Clerc, LeClerc, Clark, Clarke, Clarck, Clerck, Klerk, Klerck; Ó Cléirigh; Sofer

Leclerc, Le Clerc and LeClerc are typical French or Francophone surnames which can refer to:

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