Clack Surname
Approximately 9,466 people bear this surname
Clack Surname Definition:
Variants of Clarkson and Clerk, which see, (a) Clackson is sometimes a variant of Clackston or Claxton, which see.
Richard Clerkson, or Clacson, 1510: Register of the University of Oxford.
1669.
Read More About This SurnameClack Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4,659 | 1:77,798 | 8,888 |
| England | 2,478 | 1:22,485 | 3,145 |
| South Africa | 1,101 | 1:49,208 | 6,257 |
| Australia | 408 | 1:66,166 | 7,893 |
| Canada | 245 | 1:150,390 | 15,330 |
| Wales | 126 | 1:24,560 | 2,581 |
| Ireland | 71 | 1:66,323 | 4,252 |
| New Zealand | 63 | 1:71,878 | 10,704 |
| Liberia | 40 | 1:110,213 | 8,601 |
| Scotland | 40 | 1:133,845 | 8,251 |
| Brazil | 28 | 1:7,645,512 | 174,288 |
| Russia | 24 | 1:6,005,127 | 248,576 |
| Nigeria | 21 | 1:8,435,369 | 179,591 |
| Venezuela | 14 | 1:2,157,434 | 25,468 |
| Northern Ireland | 11 | 1:167,731 | 8,683 |
| Sweden | 11 | 1:895,160 | 66,831 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Israel | 8 | 1:1,069,704 | 62,476 |
| Thailand | 7 | 1:10,091,192 | 512,203 |
| Honduras | 7 | 1:1,259,492 | 5,127 |
| Nicaragua | 6 | 1:1,003,515 | 4,885 |
| France | 5 | 1:13,284,544 | 357,392 |
| Argentina | 5 | 1:8,548,683 | 204,003 |
| Isle of Man | 5 | 1:17,164 | 3,455 |
| Finland | 4 | 1:1,374,176 | 50,379 |
| Mexico | 4 | 1:31,031,551 | 63,627 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Panama | 3 | 1:1,304,086 | 13,647 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 1:2,445,161 | 9,595 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:64,439 | 2,137 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Grenada | 1 | 1:108,535 | 1,793 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 8 | 1:553,733 | 17,655 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1,182 | 1:20,622 | 2,922 |
| Wales | 7 | 1:224,059 | 8,079 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,247,739 | 24,719 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 767 | 1:65,474 | 7,136 |
Clack (187) may also be a first name.
Clack Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Variants of Clarkson and Clerk, which see, (a) Clackson is sometimes a variant of Clackston or Claxton, which see.
Richard Clerkson, or Clacson, 1510: Register of the University of Oxford.
Nevertheless the following entries prove Clackson to be occasionally a variant of Claxton:
1669. Baptised — John, s. John and Elizabeth Claxson: St. James, Clerkenwell.
1675. — William, s. John and Elizabeth Clakston: ibid.
1774. Married — John Clack and Ann Jeffries: St. George, Hanover Square.
1778. — John Kden and Dorothy Clackson: ibid.
The anciently Anglo-Scand. pers. name Clac(c, Klak(k [doubtless conn. with Old Norse klaka, to chatter]
“Clever” in South English dialect. Compare “Klug” in German.
A hamlet in Wiltshire.
From the Old Norse, Klöku; from the Dutch, Kloek; personal name Clac, a Saxon tenant in the Domesday Book.
Clack is a hamlet in North Wiltshire Clapton is a common place - name in the south of England.
Clack Demographics
Clack Political Affiliation
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Clack Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Clack Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Clack (Arabic: كلاك) occurs most in The United States. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Clack? popularity and diffusion
The last name Clack is the 53,871st most frequently held last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 769,865 people. Clack occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 53 percent of Clack are found; 52 percent are found in North America and 52 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Clack is also the 665,130th most frequently occurring forename throughout the world. It is borne by 187 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 4,659 people, or 1 in 77,798. In The United States Clack is primarily concentrated in: Texas, where 19 percent are found, Georgia, where 16 percent are found and California, where 7 percent are found. Without taking into account The United States this last name exists in 67 countries. It also occurs in England, where 26 percent are found and South Africa, where 12 percent are found.
Clack Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Clack has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 607 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 210 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 1,800 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it expanded 888 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Scotland it expanded 1,333 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Clack Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Clack last name is principally Catholic (88%) in Ireland.
In The United States Clack are 13.83% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 60.6% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Clack earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 66.46% less than the national average, earning S/. 6,502 per year; in South Africa they earn 147.58% more than the national average, earning R 588,348 per year; in United States they earn 4.43% less than the national average, earning $41,236 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.72% less than the national average, earning $49,324 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clacks | 91 | 96 | / |
| Clacke | 91 | 15 | / |
| Claick | 91 | 4 | / |
| Clauck | 91 | 4 | / |
| Clak | 89 | 152 | / |
| Clac | 89 | 53 | / |
| Click | 80 | 9,084 | / |
| Cluck | 80 | 2,290 | / |
| Clock | 80 | 1,643 | / |
| Klack | 80 | 366 | / |
| Clake | 80 | 274 | / |
| Cleak | 80 | 251 | / |
| Cleck | 80 | 87 | / |
| Claic | 80 | 10 | / |
| Claik | 80 | 3 | / |
| Cleac | 80 | 3 | / |
| Claac | 80 | 2 | / |
| Clauk | 80 | 2 | / |
| Clakk | 80 | 2 | / |
| Cliak | 80 | 1 | / |
| Clhak | 80 | 1 | / |
| Claak | 80 | 0 | / |
| Chillack | 77 | 3 | / |
| Klauck | 73 | 3,355 | / |
| Cellak | 73 | 51 | / |
| Klaack | 73 | 10 | / |
| Klacke | 73 | 7 | / |
| Clocke | 73 | 5 | / |
| Claike | 73 | 5 | / |
| Cleick | 73 | 3 | / |
| Cllick | 73 | 3 | / |
| Clicke | 73 | 1 | / |
| Cleyck | 73 | 1 | / |
| Claiks | 73 | 1 | / |
| Cellac | 73 | 1 | / |
| Khlack | 73 | 1 | / |
| Clauke | 73 | 1 | / |
| Cloock | 73 | 1 | / |
| Clecke | 73 | 1 | / |
| Claisc | 73 | 1 | / |
| Klasck | 73 | 0 | / |
| Clasks | 73 | 0 | / |
| Clouck | 73 | 0 | / |
| Cluick | 73 | 0 | / |
| Cleake | 73 | 0 | / |
| Cleuck | 73 | 0 | / |
| Klak | 67 | 2,439 | / |
| Klaucke | 67 | 700 | / |
| Clec | 67 | 154 | / |
| Clik | 67 | 151 | / |
| Clax | 67 | 76 | / |
| Clok | 67 | 72 | / |
| Chillak | 67 | 62 | / |
| Cleac'h | 67 | 45 | / |
| Clek | 67 | 17 | / |
| Cloc | 67 | 14 | / |
| Klac | 67 | 13 | / |
| Cillick | 67 | 9 | / |
| Cilliac | 67 | 7 | / |
| Clic | 67 | 4 | / |
| Clacova | 67 | 3 | / |
| Kellack | 67 | 2 | / |
| Clag | 67 | 2 | / |
| Cellock | 67 | 1 | / |
| Claggic | 67 | 1 | / |
| Claussk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Clochke | 67 | 1 | / |
| Klauckz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Qullack | 67 | 0 | / |
| Klauzck | 67 | 0 | / |
| Cellick | 67 | 0 | / |
Clack Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Clack in the Arabic language | ||
| كلاك | klak | - |
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