Clack Surname

53,871st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9,466 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Isle of Man

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.

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Clack Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4,6591:77,7988,888
England2,4781:22,4853,145
South Africa1,1011:49,2086,257
Australia4081:66,1667,893
Canada2451:150,39015,330
Wales1261:24,5602,581
Ireland711:66,3234,252
New Zealand631:71,87810,704
Liberia401:110,2138,601
Scotland401:133,8458,251
Brazil281:7,645,512174,288
Russia241:6,005,127248,576
Nigeria211:8,435,369179,591
Venezuela141:2,157,43425,468
Northern Ireland111:167,7318,683
Sweden111:895,16066,831
Ghana91:3,002,29911,581
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Israel81:1,069,70462,476
Thailand71:10,091,192512,203
Honduras71:1,259,4925,127
Nicaragua61:1,003,5154,885
France51:13,284,544357,392
Argentina51:8,548,683204,003
Isle of Man51:17,1643,455
Finland41:1,374,17650,379
Mexico41:31,031,55163,627
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Panama31:1,304,08613,647
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Hong Kong31:2,445,1619,595
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Zimbabwe21:7,719,120118,432
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Guernsey11:64,4392,137
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Guam11:160,1214,893
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
American Samoa11:55,7583,072
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Grenada11:108,5351,793
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Belize11:355,4743,977
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland81:553,73317,655
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,1821:20,6222,922
Wales71:224,0598,079
Scotland31:1,247,73924,719
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7671:65,4747,136

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.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

The anciently Anglo-Scand. pers. name Clac(c, Klak(k [doubtless conn. with Old Norse klaka, to chatter]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

“Clever” in South English dialect. Compare “Klug” in German.

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

A hamlet in Wiltshire.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From the Old Norse, Klöku; from the Dutch, Kloek; personal name Clac, a Saxon tenant in the Domesday Book.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Clack is a hamlet in North Wiltshire Clapton is a common place - name in the south of England.

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Clacks9196/
Clacke9115/
Claick914/
Clauck914/
Clak89152/
Clac8953/
Click809,084/
Cluck802,290/
Clock801,643/
Klack80366/
Clake80274/
Cleak80251/
Cleck8087/
Claic8010/
Claik803/
Cleac803/
Claac802/
Clauk802/
Clakk802/
Cliak801/
Clhak801/
Claak800/
Chillack773/
Klauck733,355/
Cellak7351/
Klaack7310/
Klacke737/
Clocke735/
Claike735/
Cleick733/
Cllick733/
Clicke731/
Cleyck731/
Claiks731/
Cellac731/
Khlack731/
Clauke731/
Cloock731/
Clecke731/
Claisc731/
Klasck730/
Clasks730/
Clouck730/
Cluick730/
Cleake730/
Cleuck730/
Klak672,439/
Klaucke67700/
Clec67154/
Clik67151/
Clax6776/
Clok6772/
Chillak6762/
Cleac'h6745/
Clek6717/
Cloc6714/
Klac6713/
Cillick679/
Cilliac677/
Clic674/
Clacova673/
Kellack672/
Clag672/
Cellock671/
Claggic671/
Claussk671/
Clochke671/
Klauckz671/
Qullack670/
Klauzck670/
Cellick670/

Clack Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Clack in the Arabic language
كلاكklak-

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