# Calk (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/calk/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from German.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 610 |
| US rank (2010) | 36,630 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 506,140 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.7% (606 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Possibly a habitational surname from Calke in Derbyshire, or alternatively an Americanized spelling of German Kalk.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Calk in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 90% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 6.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.0% |

## Similar surnames

Clack, Caulk, Calica, Callis, Chalk, Calles, Calix, Cales, Callas, Calise, Coles, Collazo.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.