English: from Old English cealc ‘chalk’, applied as a
topographic name for someone who lived on a patch of chalk soil, or as
a habitational name from any of the various places named with this
word, as for example Chalk in Kent or Chalke in Wiltshire.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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