Glarke Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Glarke Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Glarke Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden161:615,42245,338
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland71:632,83819,259
Display Statistics on:
  • Religious Adherence in:
    Ireland

Glarke Demographics

Glarke Religious Adherence
in Ireland

Sample size: 7 (1901)

Religious Adherence
in Ireland

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Glarke Last Name Facts

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

The last name Glarke is found in Sweden more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Glarke.

How Common Is The Last Name Glarke? popularity and diffusion

The last name Glarke is the 4,427,875th most prevalent family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. The last name Glarke occurs predominantly in Europe, where 85 percent of Glarke reside; 85 percent reside in Northern Europe and 80 percent reside in Scandinavia.

It is most frequently used in Sweden, where it is carried by 16 people, or 1 in 615,422. In Sweden it is most frequent in: Uppsala County, where 94 percent live and Stockholm County, where 6 percent live. Without taking into account Sweden Glarke occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 15 percent live and England, where 5 percent live.

Glarke Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Glarke last name is predominantly Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Glark914/
Glarce8377/
Glarka831/
Glerke831/
Glarc733/
Glork730/
Gillerke7146/
Gillarce711/
Glarca671/
Glorce670/
Gillarg621/
Gillerque530/
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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 Glarke
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