//dom    

    <div id='toBeCloned'><span>Some name</span></div>
    <div id='targetElm'></div>

    //js
        $(function () {
            //creating a clone
            var _clone = $('#toBeCloned').clone(true);
    // target element
            var _target = $('#targetElm');

    //now target element is to be filled with cloned element with data of span changed
            var _someData = [1, 2, 3, 4];

    //loop through data
            $.each(_someData, function (i, data) {
                var _newElm = {};
                $.extend(_newElm, _clone);//copy cloned to  new Elm
                _newElm.find('span').html(data); //edit content of span
                alert('p'); // alert added to show that append in next line inspite of adding new element to dom just updating the previous one
                _target.append(_newElm);//update target
            });
        });


expected Result:
1 2 3 4
resut iam getting is
4