Darking Surname

2,255,512th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 71 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Darking Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Darking Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England571:977,51048,999
Russia81:18,015,382436,635
Nicaragua21:3,010,5457,383
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England531:459,91326,089
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States191:2,643,089124,494

Darking Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Darking Come From? nationality or country of origin

Darking (Russian: Даркинг) has its highest incidence in England. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Darking? popularity and diffusion

Darking is the 2,255,512th most frequent last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 102,641,492 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 92 percent of Darking live; 80 percent live in Northern Europe and 80 percent live in British Isles.

It is most prevalent in England, where it is carried by 57 people, or 1 in 977,510. In England it is most frequent in: Norfolk, where 25 percent reside, Suffolk, where 21 percent reside and East Sussex, where 18 percent reside. Not including England it exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 11 percent reside and Nicaragua, where 3 percent reside.

Darking Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Darking has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the last name grew 108 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Darkings9336/
Dearking9331/
Dorking86193/
Derking8686/
Dorkings80167/
Deerking800/
Deirking800/
Dorkkieng756/
Derkink7195/
Dorkeng713/

Darking Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Darking in the Russian language
Даркингdarking-

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Darking
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