Clermont History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England
France

The prestigious surname Clermont comes from the majestic region of Dauphiné, in France. Clermont is a topographic surname, a form of hereditary surname, which was given to a person who resided near a physical feature such as a hill, stream, church, or type of tree. Habitation names form the other broad category of surnames that were derived from place-names. They were derived from pre-existing names for towns, villages, parishes, or farmsteads. Other local names are derived from the names of houses, manors, estates, regions, and entire counties. As a general rule, the greater the distance between an individual and their homeland, the larger the territory they were named after. For example, a person who only moved to another parish would be known by the name of their original village, while people who migrated to a different country were often known by the name of a region or country from which they came.

Early Origins of the Clermont family

The surname Clermont was first found in Dauphiny (French: Dauphiné or Dauphiné Viennois), a former province in southeastern France, where they held a family seat as lords of the manor and estates.

Early History of the Clermont family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Clermont research. Another 279 words (20 lines of text) covering the years 1070, 1080, 1303, 1571, 1603, 1700 and 1747 are included under the topic Early Clermont History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Clermont Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Clermont, Clairmont, Clermount, Clairmount, Clermonte, Clairmonte, Clermond, Clairmond, Claremount, Claremond, Claremont, Claremonte, Clermonte, Clairmounte, Clairmond, Clairemont, Clairemounte, Cleremont, Cleremount, Clearmount, Clermond, Clairemon, Claremon and many more.

Early Notables of the Clermont family

Notable amongst the family at this time was

Roger, Duke of Clermont-Tonnerre

Clermont Ranking

In Quebec, Canada, the name Clermont is the 558^th most popular surname. 1 However, in France, the name Clermont is ranked the 2,212^nd most popular surname with an estimated 2,884 people with that name. 2

Clermont migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Clermont Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Paul Clermont, who landed in Massachusetts in 1763 3

Clermont Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Joseph D Clermont, aged 36, who arrived in Louisiana in 1812 3
Henry William Clermont who settled in Philadelphia in 1855

Contemporary Notables of the name Clermont (post 1700) +

Vincent Pierre Clermont, Knight of the Legion of Honour, Chief Engineer of mines, Paris
Edgar Jules Henri Clermont, Industrial Businessman of France
Clermont Barnabé, French expert on employment interviewing
Clermont Pépin OC OQ (1926-2006), Canadian pianist, composer and teacher

Citations +

"The first 1,000 family names by rank, Quebec (in French only)" Institut de la statistique du Quebec, https://statistique.quebec.ca/en/document/family-names-in-quebec/tableau/the-first-1000-family-names-by-rank-quebec
http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)