Clinch Family History
Clinch Name Meaning
habitational name from a place in Wiltshire named
Clench, from Old English clenc ‘lump’, ‘hill’, which seems also
to have been used of a patch of dry raised ground in fenland
surroundings. In some cases the surname may be of topographic origin.metonymic occupational name for a maker or fixer of bolts and
rivets, from Middle English clinch, clench ‘door nail
secured by riveting or clinching’, from clench(en) ‘to fix
firmly’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Clinch
Name Distribution of Clinch Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Clinch families
 23 - 43  8 - 22 |
 1 - 7  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Clinch families
|
122 - 241 41 - 121 |
1 - 40 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Clinch families
|
6 - 10 3 - 5 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Clinch Family Origin
Clinch Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Clinch
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Clinch Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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