Clarken Surname

912,827th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 291 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Northern Ireland

Clarken Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Clarken Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1731:2,095,138133,172
Australia451:599,90442,958
New Zealand271:167,71618,432
Ireland191:247,8399,475
Northern Ireland151:123,0027,073
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
England21:27,859,030389,889
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland611:72,6215,284
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England161:1,523,46151,234
Scotland151:249,5488,553
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States581:865,83952,959

Clarken (13) may also be a first name.

Clarken Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Clarken Come From? nationality or country of origin

Clarken is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Clarken? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 912,827th most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 25,043,113 people. It is mostly found in The Americas, where 60 percent of Clarken are found; 60 percent are found in North America and 60 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Clarken is also the 3,159,357th most frequently occurring first name in the world, borne by 13 people.

This last name is most frequently used in The United States, where it is held by 173 people, or 1 in 2,095,138. In The United States Clarken is most prevalent in: Iowa, where 25 percent live, New Jersey, where 19 percent live and Minnesota, where 8 percent live. Beside The United States it is found in 12 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 15 percent live and New Zealand, where 9 percent live.

Clarken Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Clarken has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Clarken last name grew 298 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Ireland it fell 69 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in England it fell 87 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Clarken Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is primarily Catholic (98%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Clarken surname are 16.56% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 63.33% registered to vote for the political party.

Clarken earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 35.1% more than the national average, earning $58,294 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Clearken930/
Clarkn921/
Clarkin862,526/
Clearkin8080/
Clarking809/
Clarkemd801/
Clarkind801/
Clarkking754/
Klarkin715/
Claircin6776/
Klarkina676/
Klyarkin673/
Klyarkina637/
Kliarkina633/
Clairquin631/
Slotrkin531/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Clarken
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