Clark

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /klɑː(ɹ)k/
  • Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)k
  • Homophone: clerk (in some dialects)

Proper noun

Clark

  1. An English occupational surname, variant of Clarke, for someone who was either a scribe or priest / cleric (see clerk)
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
  3. a city in South Dakota, USA, and county seat of Clark County.

Derived terms

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Clark is the 27th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 562,679 individuals. Clark is most common among White (74.7%) and Black/African American (19.0%) individuals.

See also

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