de Klerk

• deKlerk, DeKlerk, Deklerk, De Klerk, Klerk

Borrowed from Dutch de Klerk and Afrikaans de Klerk.

• IPA^(key): /də ˈklɛɹk/

de Klerk (plural de Klerks)

1. A surname from Dutch or Afrikaans.
   • 2024 May 30, Sarah Dean and David McKenzie, “First results in South Africa’s election suggest it is heading for biggest political shift since apartheid”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     This scenario would hark back to the post-apartheid era when South Africa operated under a GNU to oversee the new constitution, led by Mandela as president and FW de Klerk and Thabo Mbeki as deputy presidents, between April 1994 and February 1997.

• According to the 2010 United States Census (not recording the use of punctuation marks or capitals), DEKLERK is the 84463^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 222 individuals. DEKLERK is most common among White (91.89%) individuals.

From Dutch de Klerk.

de Klerk

1. a surname from Dutch, equivalent to English de Klerk

• English: de Klerk

Literally, “the clerk”.

• IPA^(key): /də ˈklɛrk/

de Klerk

1. de Klerk (“a surname originating as an occupation derived from klerk.”)

• English: de Klerk
• Afrikaans: de Klerk

• Klerck
• Clerck