Clerken Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Scotland

Clerken Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Clerken Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
England11:55,718,059489,080
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland201:221,49310,092
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland71:534,74514,325
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835
Display Statistics on:
  • Religious Adherence in:
    Ireland

Clerken Demographics

Clerken Religious Adherence
in Ireland

Sample size: 20 (1901)

Religious Adherence
in Ireland

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Clerken Last Name Facts

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

The surname Clerken is carried by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Clerken? popularity and diffusion

It is the 7,117,718th most numerous last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 71 percent of Clerken reside; 71 percent reside in North America and 71 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 72,491,787. In The United States it is most common in: Nevada, where 40 percent live, Wisconsin, where 40 percent live and Illinois, where 20 percent live. Outside of The United States Clerken exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 14 percent live and Scotland, where 14 percent live.

Clerken Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Clerken has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Clerken last name fell 29 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Scotland it fell 86 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Clerken Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Clerken last name is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Clearken930/
Clercken930/
Clerkin862,726/
Klerken86137/
Clercen861/
Clearkin8080/
Clerrkin800/
Clarkn771/
Clercin71400/
Clerquin67177/
Klerkina671/
Kellerking590/
Klarkin575/
Claircin5376/
Klyarkin533/
Clairquin501/
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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
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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 Clerken
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