Calk

See also: calk

English

Etymology

Possibly a habitational surname from Calke in Derbyshire, or alternatively an Americanized spelling of German Kalk.

Proper noun

Calk (countable and uncountable, plural Calks)

1. A surname from German.
2. An unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Kentucky, United States.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Calk is the 36630^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 610 individuals. Calk is most common among White (90.16%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Calk”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 271.