de Klerk Surname

17,334th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 31,975 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Namibia

de Klerk Surname Definition:

“Clerk” - from the French “Le Clerq”.

de Klerk Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa24,7861:2,186277
Netherlands4,0151:4,206407
Namibia1,5561:1,548207
Australia6031:44,7695,634
England2781:200,42517,512
New Zealand1861:24,3464,252
Belgium1381:83,30913,076
Canada871:423,51337,101
United States651:5,576,291276,051
France331:2,012,810168,616
Thailand291:2,435,805267,220
Botswana221:99,40615,343
Singapore211:262,27211,611
Sweden191:518,25037,550
Mozambique161:1,703,8482,274
Wales151:206,30213,003
Spain111:4,250,18575,241
Norway101:514,22941,629
Zimbabwe81:1,929,78092,581
Argentina71:6,106,202178,634
Scotland61:892,30328,047
Germany51:16,101,092397,699
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
Bahrain41:337,1526,054
Curaçao41:39,312638
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Switzerland41:2,053,22997,179
Tanzania31:17,647,204107,932
Zambia31:5,283,30743,479
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Sierra Leone11:7,089,6311,533
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Eritrea11:4,751,901911
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Aruba11:103,4772,586
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Jersey11:99,2026,620
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Mongolia11:2,825,28917,010
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768

de Klerk (12) may also be a first name.

de Klerk Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

“Clerk” - from the French “Le Clerq”.

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

de Klerk Last Name Facts

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

de Klerk (Arabic: دوكليرك) is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

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

de Klerk is the 17,334th most prevalent last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 227,914 people. The last name de Klerk occurs predominantly in Africa, where 83 percent of de Klerk live; 83 percent live in Southern Africa and 82 percent live in South Bantu Africa. de Klerk is also the 3,306,491st most numerous first name internationally It is held by 12 people.

This surname is most common in South Africa, where it is held by 24,786 people, or 1 in 2,186. In South Africa it is most numerous in: Gauteng, where 29 percent reside, Western Cape, where 21 percent reside and Eastern Cape, where 11 percent reside. Excluding South Africa it exists in 58 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 13 percent reside and Namibia, where 5 percent reside.

de Klerk Last Name Statistics demography

The amount de Klerk earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 48.11% more than the national average, earning 512,569 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 92% more than the national average, earning R 456,276 per year; in United States they earn 25.08% more than the national average, earning $53,969 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.13% more than the national average, earning $54,718 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de Klerck94583/
de Clerk88477/
de Klark8844/
De-Klerk8831/
de Clerck825,733/
de Klercq821/
de Clerq75125/
de Clark7561/
de Clerc7532/
de Clerg751/
de Clercq7114,146/
De-Clerck716/
de Clercg713/
de Clerqc712/
de Clerqe711/
de Clerrq711/
de Clerque678/
des Clercs671/
de Clercque631/
da Clark631/
De-Clercq5921/

de Klerk Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
de Klerk in the Arabic language
دوكليركdwklyrk-

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