Cloak Surname

424,566th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 815 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Ireland

Cloak Surname Definition:

From root of Clogg or Clegg, q. v.

Cloak Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3121:1,161,72783,203
Australia2581:104,63411,756
Ireland981:48,0503,523
England871:640,43737,483
Israel371:231,28721,601
Canada151:2,456,373146,130
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Montenegro11:639,5659,092
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland211:210,9469,809
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1111:219,59816,839
Wales21:784,20816,349
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1671:300,71123,854

Cloak Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

From root of Clogg or Clegg, q. v.

Patronymica Cornu-Britannica (1870) by Richard Stephen Charnock

If of Cornish origin, from clog, a steep rock, or cleggo, a rock, cliff, downfall. Clogg may be the same name. Ferguson thinks Cloak and Cloke are from Old Norse klókr, prudent, and Clogg from the Modern Danish form klog.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Cloak Last Name Facts

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

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

How Common Is The Last Name Cloak? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 424,566th most frequently used surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 8,941,774 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 40 percent of Cloak live; 40 percent live in North America and 40 percent live in Anglo-North America.

Cloak is most commonly held in The United States, where it is borne by 312 people, or 1 in 1,161,727. In The United States it is most common in: Pennsylvania, where 40 percent reside, California, where 12 percent reside and New Jersey, where 8 percent reside. Beside The United States it exists in 12 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 32 percent reside and Ireland, where 12 percent reside.

Cloak Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Cloak has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Cloak last name grew 187 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Ireland it grew 467 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in England it decreased 22 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Cloak Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Cloak last name is primarily Catholic (71%) in Ireland.

In The United States Cloak are 14.34% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 61.11% being registered with the party.

The amount Cloak earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 6.45% less than the national average, earning $40,368 USD per year and in Canada they earn 23.62% more than the national average, earning $61,419 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Cloake91733/
Cloaks911/
Cloack910/
Kloak8053/
Kloack73121/
Kloake730/
Claoke730/
Kloakova621/
Kloac6018/
Klaok600/

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