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Throughout the world, Klerk (Вільгельм , Klerk , קלרק ) is a rare masculine first name. The first name Klerk is characteristic of Eastern Europe, particularly Ukraine, where it is quite a rare male name. More frequently, Klerk is the last name as well as the forename.
Klerk is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Friedrich Wilhelm Marcus , the character from Thomas Mann's Buddenbrooks; Wilhelm Melchior , the character in Olivier Assayas' film Clouds of Sils Maria; Wilhelm Gottsreich Sigismond von Ormstein , character in A Scandal in Bohemia; Wilhelm "Deathshead" Strasse , the major enemy in the Wolfenstein series, Wolfenstein: The New Order and Wilhelm Hoppenstedt , character in Pappa Ante Portas, among other works.