How Many People Have the Last Name Clark?
people had the surname Clark in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 524 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Of 162,253 surnames
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
White
Change Since 2000
+14,310 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Clark (74.7%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 19%, are non-Hispanic Black. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Clark ranks #16. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic White share fell from 76.8% to 74.7%.
📈 Change Since 2000
Clark grew from 548,369 people in 2000 to 562,679 in 2010 (up 2.6%), and its rank fell from #25 to #27. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 203.28 to 190.75 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 548,369 | 562,679 |
| Rank | #25 | #27 |
| Per 100,000 people | 203.28 | 190.75 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Clark
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Clark: C462
👤 Clark as a First Name
Clark is a first name too: about 34,500 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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