How common is the last name Clarke?

70,011 people in the United States have the last name Clarke, about 1 in 4,269. It ranks #466 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

CLARKE

#466

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
70,011
About
1 in 4,269
This common or more
31.2%
Who bears it

Of the 70,011 people with the last name Clarke, 56.8% reported their origin as White, 33% as Black and 4.8% as Hispanic or Latino. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Clarke

#464 Webster · 70,161#465 Brady · 70,047#467 Wolf · 69,917#468 Mack · 69,776

Spelled almost the same

2 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Clarke, most common first.

#28 Clark · 539,661#136,807 Clarken · 127

Also a first name

As a first name, Clarke ranks #5,163 of 53,615, with 3,383 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2021, with 192 births. See Clarke as a first name

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