Cleek

See also: cleek

English

Etymology

• As a German surname, spelling variant of Glück.
• As an English surname, spelling variant of Clerke, Clerk, and from Old English cleaca (“stepping stone”), from Proto-Celtic *klukā (“stone”).

Proper noun

Cleek (plural Cleeks)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Cleek is the 17495^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1611 individuals. Cleek is most common among White (95.47%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Cleek”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 344.

Anagrams

• Eckel, eckle