Counter for Japanese clans

[sudarshanmakoto]

Which Japanese counter is used for counting the Japanese clans ( 窶愿ｺ窶怒窶堙固ｽﾂ?）?

 

[nice gaijin]

counting clans? Perhaps ～族

 

[Toritoribe]

Which Japanese counter is used for counting the Japanese clans ( 日本の氏）?

家[け] is used, as in 徳川御三家 or 五摂家.