Clark
Sign in to saveClark is an English language surname with historical links to England, Scotland, and Ireland, ultimately derived from the Latin clericus meaning "scribe", "secretary" or a scholar within a religious order, referring to someone who was educated. Clark evolved from "clerk". The first records of the name are found in 12th-century England. The name has many variants. It is often used as the Anglicized variant of Irish O'Cleary, Cleary.
Key facts
- Surname.name
- Clark
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- A scribe or clerk, the occupation from which the name derives
- Surname.meaning
- Clerk, scribe, secretary
- Surname.region
- England
- Surname.languageorigin
- Old English
- Surname.variant
- Clarke, Clerk, O'Cleary, Cleary
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Clark is an English language surname with historical links to England, Scotland, and Ireland, ultimately derived from the Latin clericus meaning "scribe", "secretary" or a scholar within a religious order, referring to someone who was educated. Clark evolved from "clerk". The first records of the name are found in 12th-century England. The name has many variants. It is often used as the Anglicized variant of Irish O'Cleary, Cleary.
Clark is the twenty-seventh most common surname in the United Kingdom, including placing fourteenth in Scotland.
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