Last Name CLARK

Summary/Contribute


Meaning	The clerk, i.e. the clergy-man, a clerk in holy orders. The surname is now almost universally Clark and Clarke. Clerk, a clergyman, a scholar, one who can read and write.

Origin	English, Jewish, Native American, Irish, Slovakian, Falkland, Maori, Austrian, Belgian, South african, Hungarian

Rank	25 (2000 US census)	21 (1990 US census)

Count	548,369 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

76.84%, or 421367 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
18.53%, or 101613 total occurrences, as black,
0.41%, or 2248 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.94%, or 5155 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.6%, or 8774 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.68%, or 9213 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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