How common is the surname Clerk?

1,115 people in the United States had the surname Clerk in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 276,902 Americans. It ranked 22,944th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Clerk?

Dugald Clerk, British engineer (1854–1932), followed by George Clerk.

Where is the surname Clerk most common?

Wikidata records people named Clerk in the United Kingdom.

Is the surname Clerk getting more or less common?

More common. 756 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,115 in 2010, up 48%.

The surname Clerk

A surname, carried by 1,115 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex C462

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Clerk is more common than 85.9% of them.

Origin

Derived from the noun clerk

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,115 people named Clerk in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 276,902 Americans. That is up 48% since 2000, when the Census counted 756.

#22,944

rank among US surnames

1,115

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+47.5%

change since 2000 (was #29,447)

Who is named Clerk

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

53% of people named Clerk identified as white (not Hispanic), 39% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 53%
Black (not Hispanic) 39%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.9%
Two or more races 1.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Clerks

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Dugald Clerk
British engineer (1854–1932)
George Clerk
British diplomat (1874-1951)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Clerk

Clerk has the Soundex code C462, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C462.

Questions

Where does the surname Clerk come from?: Derived from the noun clerk
How common is the surname Clerk?: 1,115 people in the United States had the surname Clerk in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 276,902 Americans. It ranked 22,944th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Clerk?: In the 2010 Census, 53% of people named Clerk identified as white (not Hispanic), and 39% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Clerk?: Dugald Clerk, British engineer (1854–1932), followed by George Clerk.
Where is the surname Clerk most common?: Wikidata records people named Clerk in the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Clerk getting more or less common?: More common. 756 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,115 in 2010, up 48%.