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Clark

in the US

There are 460,302 people with the last name "Clark" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

NameRank
Clark 22
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  1. is 18th most common Jackson
  2. is 19th most common Lee
  3. is 20th most common Martinez
  4. is 21st most common Harris
  5. is 22nd most common Clark
  6. is 23rd most common Hernandez
  7. is 24th most common Lewis
  8. is 25th most common Lopez
  9. is 26th most common Walker

Similar Names and Nicknames

Clarke, Clary, Clarkson, Clare, Clardy, Clara, Claros, Clarence, Claro, Claridge

Most Common First Names for Clark

James, Robert, John, David, William, Michael, Mary, Richard, Charles, Thomas

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Meaning & History

English: occupational name for a scribe or secretary, originally a member of a minor religious order who undertook such duties. The word clerc denoted a member of a religious order, from Old English cler(e)c ‘priest’, reinforced by Old French clerc. Both are from Late Latin clericus, from Greek klērikos, a derivative of klēros ‘inheritance’, ‘legacy’, with reference to the priestly tribe of Levites (see Levy) ‘whose inheritance was the Lord’. In medieval Christian Europe, clergy in minor orders were permitted to marry and so found families; thus the surname could become established. In the Middle Ages it was virtually only members of religious orders who learned to read and write, so that the term clerk came to denote any literate man.

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