Origin and popularity of the name de KLERK
Origin
De Klerk : 1: Dutch: occupational name for a clerk or scribe Middle Dutch clerc from Late Latin clericus (see French Clerc) with the definite article de. This surname is also established in South Africa where it is reportedly (also) of French Huguenot origin (see 2 below). Compare De Clark and De Clerk.2: Altered form of French Le Clercq (see Leclerc and Leclercq) or of its Flemish variant De Clercq cognates of 1 above established in South Africa.
Source : DAFN2 : Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, ©2022 by Patrick Hanks and Oxford University Press
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