Clarkes Surname

2,185,341st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 75 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Canada
Highest density in:
Barbados

Clarkes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Clarkes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Canada221:1,674,800111,190
England191:2,932,529101,561
United States101:36,245,893832,629
Venezuela81:3,775,51036,567
Northern Ireland61:307,50612,899
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England191:1,282,91446,315
Wales21:784,20816,349
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Clarkes Last Name Facts

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

The last name Clarkes is found in Canada more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Clarkes.

How Common Is The Last Name Clarkes? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,185,341st most commonly used surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 97,167,279 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 60 percent of Clarkes are found; 43 percent are found in North America and 43 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The surname Clarkes is most widely held in Canada, where it is carried by 22 people, or 1 in 1,674,800. In Canada Clarkes is most prevalent in: Alberta, where 41 percent are found, British Columbia, where 41 percent are found and Ontario, where 14 percent are found. Excluding Canada this surname is found in 12 countries. It also occurs in England, where 25 percent are found and The United States, where 13 percent are found.

Clarkes Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Clarkes has changed over time. In The United States it expanded 125 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Clarkes Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Clarkes earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 45.83% less than the national average, earning $23,375 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.09% less than the national average, earning $46,657 CAD per year.

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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
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  • 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 Clarkes
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