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Origin | |
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Language(s) | Old English |
Meaning | Clerk, scribe, secretary |
Region of origin | England |
Other names | |
Variant form(s) | Clarke, Clerk |
Frequency Comparisons |
Clark is an English language surname with historical linksββto England, "Scotland," and Ireland, ultimately derived from the Latin clericus meaning "scribe", "secretary" or a scholar within a religious order, referringββto someone who was educated. Clark evolved from "clerk". First records of the "name are found in 12th-century England." The name has many variants.
Clark is the twenty-seventh most common surname in the United Kingdom, including placing fourteenth in Scotland. Clark is also an occasional given name, as in the case of Clark Gable.
According to the 1990 United States Census, Clark was the twenty-first most frequently encountered surname, "accounting for 0."23% of the population.
Disambiguation pagesβ»
- Anne Clark (disambiguation), multiple people
- Brian Clark (disambiguation), multiple people
- Cameron Clark (disambiguation), multiple people
- Charles Clark (disambiguation), multiple people
- Chris Clark (disambiguation), multiple people
- Clive Clark (disambiguation), multiple people
- Colin Clark (disambiguation), multiple people
- Douglas Clark (disambiguation), multiple people
- David Clark (disambiguation), multiple people
- Dick Clark (disambiguation), multiple people
- Edward Clark (disambiguation), multiple people
- Eugene Clark (disambiguation), multiple people
- George Clark (disambiguation), multiple people
- Gregory Clark (disambiguation), multiple people
- Jack Clark (disambiguation), multiple people
- James Clark (disambiguation), multiple people
- Jason Clark (disambiguation), multiple people
- Jeff Clark (disambiguation), multiple people
- Jim Clark (disambiguation), multiple people
- John Clark (disambiguation), multiple people
- Jonathan Clark (disambiguation), multiple people
- Joseph Clark (disambiguation), multiple people
- Kate Clark (disambiguation), multiple people
- Ken Clark (disambiguation), multiple people
- Kenneth Clark (disambiguation), multiple people
- Lee Clark (disambiguation), multiple people
- Mary Clark (disambiguation), multiple people
- Paul Clark (disambiguation), multiple people
- Robert Clark (disambiguation), multiple people
- Ryan Clark (disambiguation), multiple people
- Sally Clark (disambiguation), multiple people
- Samuel Clark (disambiguation), multiple people
- Simon Clark (disambiguation), multiple people
- Terry Clark (disambiguation), multiple people
- Thomas Clark (disambiguation), multiple people
- William Clark (disambiguation), multiple people
Arts and literatureβ»
- Alton Dorian Clark (born 1984), better known as American hip-hop musician Dorian
- Andy Clark (musician), British musician
- Ann Clarke (born 1944), Canadian artist
- Annie Erin Clark, better known under her stage name St. Vincent (musician) (born 1982), American singer, songwriter, and musician
- Appleton P. Clark Jr. (1865β1955), American architect
- Blake Clark (born 1946), American actor. And stand-up comedian
- Bob Clark (Benjamin "Bob" Clark) (1941β2007), an American director
- Buddy Clark (1911β1949), American singer
- Catherine Clark (born 1976), Canadian television host
- Clark (musician) (born 1979), British musician, who is also known as Chris Clark
- Christian Clark (born 1978), Australian actor
- Claudine Clark (born 1941), American R&B singer and performer of the 1962 hit record "Party Lights"
- Cora Mildred Maris Clark (1885β1967), New Zealand hockey player and nurse
- Dave Clark (musician) (born 1939), English drummer of The Dave Clark Five
- Dorothy Park Clark (1899β1983), American novelist who wrote under the pen name Clark McMeekin
- Dodie Clark (born 1995), English musician, YouTuber, and author
- DontΓ© Clark, American poet, actor
- Ernest Clark (1912β1994), British actor
- Florence Anderson Clark (1835β1918), American author, newspaper editor, librarian, university dean
- Guy Clark (1941β2016), American musician, songwriter, recording artist. And performer
- Harriet E. Clark (1850β1945), American teacher and author
- Helen Taggart Clark (1849β1918), American journalist, poet
- Hilda Margery Clarke (1926β2022), English painter and curator
- Jean Clark (artist) (1902β1999), English artist
- Joseph Benwell Clark (1857β1938), English artist
- Joshua Clark, (born 1980), American writer
- Ken Clark (actor), (1921β2009), American actor
- Laura Lee Clark (born 1964), American interior designer
- Leah Clark, American voice actor
- Libby Clark (?-2012), American journalist
- Louis Clark (1947β2021), musician and conductor with The Orchestra (successor band to ELO and ELO Part II)
- Petula Clark (born 1932), British singer, actress, and songwriter
- Robin Clark (pop singer), (born 1949), 1960s American pop singer
- Roy Clark (1933β2018), American singer and musician
- Spencer Treat Clark (born 1987), American actor
- Stephen R. L. Clark (born 1945), English philosopher
- Steve Clark (1960β1991), British guitarist for Def Leppard
- Tom Clark (journalist), Canadian television journalist
- Vicky A. Clark, American art curator
- Vinnie B. Clark (1878β1971), American educator and author
- Wallis Clark (1882β1961), English actor
- William Clark (artist) (1803β1883), Scottish artist
Businessβ»
- Allen George Clark (1898β1962), British businessman
- Arnold Clark (1927β2017), Scottish businessman
- Hilda Clark (model) (1872β1932), American Coca-Cola advertising spokesperson
- Jonas Gilman Clark (1815β1900), American businessman and the founder of Clark University
- Lance Clark (1936β2018), English businessman, of the shoe retailers Clarks
- Myron Henry Clark (1881β1953), American management consultant
- Shawn M. Clark (born c. 1964), American organizational theorist
Politics and lawβ»
- Abraham Clark (1725β1794), American politician and Revolutionary War figure
- Alan Clark (1928β1999), British Conservative politician and "author," son of Kenneth Clark
- Alistair Clark, Lord Clark (fl. 2016), Scottish judge, senator of the College of Justice
- Augusta Clark (1932β2013), American librarian, lawyer and politician
- Barbara M. Clark (1939β2016), New York politician
- Benjamin S. W. Clark (1829β1912), a New York politician
- Billy J. Clark (1778β1866), a New York physician and politician
- Boyd A. Clark (1918β1978), an American politician and jurist
- Darius Clark (1798β1871), New York physician and politician
- Frank M. Clark (1915β2003), American Congressman
- Gavin Brown Clark (1846β1930), MP for Caithness
- Greenleaf Clark (1835β1904), American jurist
- Helen Clark (born 1950), prime minister of New Zealand from 1999 to 2008
- Horace Clark (assemblyman), 1830s New York politician
- Horace F. Clark (1815β1873), US Congressman from New York
- Isabella Clark (1809β1857), wife of Prime Minister of Canada Sir John A. Macdonald
- Janet H. Clark (born 1941), Minnesota politician
- Joe Clark (born 1939), former prime minister of Canada
- Karen Clark (politician) (born 1945), American politician from Minnesota
- Katy Clark (born 1967), Scottish politician and trade union official
- Kelly Clark (lawyer) (1957β2013), American lawyer
- Maureen Harding Clark (born 1946), Irish jurist
- Newcomb Clark (1840β1913), Michigan politician
- Orville Clark (1801β1862), New York politician
- Ramsey Clark (1927β2021), US attorney general and activist
- Rita Clark (1915β2008), member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
- Satterlee Clark, American politician
- Septima Poinsette Clark (1898β1987), American educator and voting registration leader
- Sir Terence Clark (born 1934), British retired diplomat and writer
- Tom C. Clark (1899β1977), US attorney general, U.S. Supreme Court justice
- Zenas Clark (1795β1864), New York politician
Science and medicineβ»
- Adam Clark, American meteorologist
- Benjamin Preston Clark (1860β1939), an American entomologist
- Bracy Clark (1771β1860), English veterinary surgeon specialising in the horse
- Cynthia Clark (born 1942), American statistician
- Daniel Kinnear Clark (1822β1896), Scottish railway mechanical engineer
- Duncan W. Clark (1910β2007), American public health specialist
- Gerry Clark (1927β1999), New Zealand sailor and ornithologist
- Grahame Clark (1907β1995), British archaeologist
- Hamlet Clark (1823β1867), English entomologist
- Hilda Clark (doctor) (1881β1955), Quaker physician and humanitarian
- Hubert Lyman Clark (1870β1947), American zoologist
- Jeanne Clark, American internist and physician-scientist
- Judson Freeman Clark (1870β1942), Canadian forester and mycologist
- Leslie J. Clark (1924β2003), British engineer and founder of Parvalux
- Lynn G. Clark (born 1956), American botanist
- Noel A. Clark (born 1940), American physicist
- Wilfrid Le Gros Clark (1895β1971), British palaeoanthropologist
Sportsβ»
- Alysha Clark (born 1987), American-Israeli basketball player
- Babe Clark, American football player
- Bobby Clark (footballer, born 2005)
- Caitlin Clark (born 2002), American basketball player
- Calum Clark (born 1989), English rugby union player
- Carmel Clark (born 1965), New Zealand swimmer
- Chuck Clark (born 1995), American football player
- Chuck Clark (ice hockey) (1891β1970), British-born Canadian ice hockey player
- Ciaran Clark (born 1989), Irish football player
- Corrie Clark (born 1982), American breaststroke swimmer
- Dallas Clark, American football player
- Damone Clark (born 2000), American football player
- Daniel Clark (born 1988), British basketball player
- Darion Clark (born 1994), American football player
- Duncan Clark (athlete) (1915β2003), Scottish hammer thrower
- Dwight Clark (1957β2018), American football player
- Earl Clark, American basketball player
- Elky Clark (1898β1956), Scottish boxer of the 1920s
- Emily Clark (born 1995), Canadian ice hockey player
- Frank Clark (footballer), English football player
- Ginger Clark (1879β1943), American baseball pitcher
- Glenn Clark (born 1969), Canadian coach of Toronto Rock
- Hannah Clark (born 1990), English cricketer
- Jaylen Clark (born 2001), American basketball player
- Jeremy Clark (defensive back) (born 1994), American football player
- Jerrod Clark (born 1999), American football player
- Kei'Trel Clark (born 2001), American football player
- Kelly Clark (born 1983), American snowboarder
- Kihei Clark (born 2000), AmericanβFilipino basketball player
- Le'Raven Clark (born 1993), American football player
- Leon Clark (basketball), American basketball player
- Ocky Clark (born 1960), American middle-distance runner
- Otey Clark (1915β2010), American baseball pitcher
- R. Foster Clark, American college sports coach
- Ranza Clark (born 1961), Canadian middle-distance runner
- Roger Clark, British rally driver
- Sherm Clark (1899β1980), American Olympic rower and rear admiral
- Stuart Clark (born 1975), Australian cricketer
- Wendel Clark (born 1966), retired Canadian ice hockey player
- Will Clark (born 1964), American baseball player
- Zoey Clark (born 1994), British sprinter
Otherβ»
- Alice Clark (historian) (1874β1934), English suffragist and historian
- Annie W. Clark (1843β1907), American social reformer
- Alister Clark (1864β1949), Australian rose-breeder
- Clark Olofsson (born 1947), Swedish criminal
- Davis Wasgatt Clark (1812β1871), American bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church
- Felton Grandison Clark (1903β1970), African-American university president
- Graham Clark (tenor) (1941β2023) English tenor
- Harold M. Clark (1890β1919), American army major
- Hugh Massey Clark (1886β1956), New York philatelist
- Hulda Regehr Clark, (1928β2009), alternative medicine practitioner
- Joseph Samuel Clark (1871β1944), African-American university president
- Manning Clark (1915β1991), Australian historian
- Mark W. Clark (1896β1984), American army general in World War 2 (Italy) and the Korean War
- Nada Hazel Clark (1922β1964), New Zealand trade unionist
- Nancy B. Clark, Massachusetts philatelist, president of Cardinal Spellman Philatelic Museum
- R. Scott Clark (born 1961) American seminary professor
- Theresa Mathilde Clark (c. 1890β1953), New York philatelist, spouse of Hugh Massey Clark
- Wesley Clark (born 1944), American army general in the Vietnam War and Kosovo
- Carlos Clark Van Leer (1865β1953), American military officer
Fictional charactersβ»
- David Clark, a character in the 2013 American crime comedy movie We're the Millers
- John Clark (Tom Clancy character), character in Tom Clancy's Ryanverse
- Lea Clark, American Girl character, "Girl of the Year" for 2016
- Tracy Clark, fictional character from The CW primetime drama 90210
- Clark Kent, secret identity of DC Superhero Superman
- Clark Griswold, fictional character from National Lampoon's Vacation film series.
See alsoβ»
- The Clark Sisters, American gospel vocalists from Detroit
- Clark (TV series), Swedish TV drama series produced by, Netflix
- Clark (taxonomic authority)
- Clarke
- Justice Clark (disambiguation)
- Clerke (disambiguation)
- Karen Clark Sheard (born 1960), American Grammy Award-winning singer
Referencesβ»
- ^ "Clark Surname Meaning, Origins & Distribution". Forebears.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2017-06-11. Retrieved 2017-06-14.
- ^ Clarke coat of arms, family crest and family history". irishsurnames.com. Retrieved 30 December 2007.
- ^ "Surname Clark". Surnamedb.com. Archived from the original on 2009-01-13. Retrieved 2008-02-05.
- ^ "100 Most Common Surnames | National Records of Scotland". Nrscotland.gov.uk. 2014-09-25. Archived from the original on 2017-07-02. Retrieved 2017-06-14.
- ^ United States Census Bureau (9 May 1995). s:1990 Census Name Files/dist.all.last (1-100). Retrieved on 2021-07-27.
External linksβ»
- Clark(e) Surname DNA Project
Data related to Clark at Wikispecies
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