Cloak Surname
Approximately 815 people bear this surname
Cloak Surname Definition:
From root of Clogg or Clegg, q. v.
Cloak Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 312 | 1:1,161,727 | 83,203 |
| Australia | 258 | 1:104,634 | 11,756 |
| Ireland | 98 | 1:48,050 | 3,523 |
| England | 87 | 1:640,437 | 37,483 |
| Israel | 37 | 1:231,287 | 21,601 |
| Canada | 15 | 1:2,456,373 | 146,130 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 21 | 1:210,946 | 9,809 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 111 | 1:219,598 | 16,839 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:784,208 | 16,349 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 167 | 1:300,711 | 23,854 |
Cloak Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
From root of Clogg or Clegg, q. v.
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.
Cloak Demographics
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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.
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