de Clerk Surname

638,206th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 477 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

de Clerk Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

de Clerk Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa3941:137,50715,895
Argentina191:2,249,653107,269
Netherlands191:888,79962,169
Australia131:2,076,59293,242
England131:4,286,005132,302
United States91:40,273,215872,126
Belgium51:2,299,329106,824
France21:33,211,361423,184
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

de Clerk Last Name Facts

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

de Clerk has its highest incidence in South Africa. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name de Clerk? popularity and diffusion

de Clerk is the 638,206th most commonly occurring surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 15,277,874 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 83 percent of de Clerk reside; 83 percent reside in Southern Africa and 83 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most numerous in South Africa, where it is held by 394 people, or 1 in 137,507. In South Africa it is most common in: Gauteng, where 38 percent are found, Western Cape, where 21 percent are found and Limpopo, where 9 percent are found. Barring South Africa this last name is found in 10 countries. It is also found in Argentina, where 4 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 4 percent are found.

de Clerk Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of de Clerk has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the de Clerk surname grew 1,300 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it grew 900 percent between 1880 and 2014.

de Clerk Last Name Statistics demography

de Clerk earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 74.14% more than the national average, earning R 413,820 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de Clerck945,733/
de Klerk8831,975/
de Clerq88125/
de Clerc8832/
de Clerg881/
de Clercq8214,146/
de Klerck82583/
De-Clerck826/
de Clercg823/
de Clerqc822/
de Clerrq821/
de Clerqe821/
de Clerque788/
des Clercs781/
de Clairek780/
De-Klerk7531/
de Clercque741/
De-Clercq7121/
de Klercq711/

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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 de Clerk
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