How Many People Have the Last Name Clarke?
people had the surname Clarke in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 4,320 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
+5,735 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Clarke (61%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 32.1%, are non-Hispanic Black. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Clarke ranks #352. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic White share fell from 66.1% to 61%, and the non-Hispanic Black share rose from 28.2% to 32.1%.
📈 Change Since 2000
Clarke grew from 62,546 people in 2000 to 68,281 in 2010 (up 9.2%), and its rank fell from #476 to #487. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 23.19 to 23.15 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 62,546 | 68,281 |
| Rank | #476 | #487 |
| Per 100,000 people | 23.19 | 23.15 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Clarke
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Clarke: C462
👤 Clarke as a First Name
Clarke is a first name too: about 4,178 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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