The surname Cleek
A surname, carried by 1,611 people in the United States.
1 syllable Soundex C420
Origin
* As a German surname, spelling variant of Glück. * As an English surname, spelling variant of Clerke, Clerk, and from Old English cleaca (“stepping stone”), from Proto-Celtic *klukā (“stone”).
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,611 people named Cleek in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 191,648 Americans. That is up 7.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,494.
#17,495
rank among US surnames
1,611
people in 2010
0.6
per 100,000 Americans
+7.8%
change since 2000 (was #17,408)
| Rank | Surname | People | 1 in |
|---|---|---|---|
| #17,495 | Cleek | 1,611 | 191,648 |
| #17,502 | Iman | 1,610 | 191,767 |
Who is named Cleek
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
95% of people named Cleek identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.4% as two or more races and 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 95%
- Two or more races 1.4%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.3%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Questions
- Where does the surname Cleek come from?
- * As a German surname, spelling variant of Glück. * As an English surname, spelling variant of Clerke, Clerk, and from Old English cleaca (“stepping stone”), from Proto-Celtic *klukā (“stone”).
- How common is the surname Cleek?
- 1,611 people in the United States had the surname Cleek in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 191,648 Americans. It ranked 17,495th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Cleek?
- In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Cleek identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as two or more races.
- Is the surname Cleek getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,494 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,611 in 2010, up 7.8%.