The Kalk surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 573 people carried this name — #38,582 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 526,300 people counted. That is down 9% from 628 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Kalk surname
Borrowed from Dutch and German Kalk.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Kalk» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 103 people named Kalk.
1 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 5 départements, most often Moselle.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 30 people named Kalk live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Santa Fe.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Kalk,
with a public archive behind them.
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Karl Friedrich Kalk 1804–1885 · notary
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Serafine Kalk 1863–1942
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Heinrich-Otto Kalk 1895–1973 · university teacher
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Bernhard Kalk 1902–1981 · politician
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Rudolf Kalk 1908–1976 · actor
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Räni Kalk 1937–1991 · judge
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Kalk.
- Kaleta 909 · U.S. census
- Kali 287 · U.S. census
- Kalinowski 3,951 · U.S. census
- Kalinski 487 · U.S. census
- Kalis 1,125 · U.S. census
- Kalita 460 · U.S. census
- Kalmes 322 · U.S. census
- Kaloustian 279 · U.S. census
- Kalt 513 · U.S. census
- Kaltenbach 1,348 · U.S. census
- Kaluza 679 · U.S. census
- Kaluzny 435 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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