Hörk Surname
Approximately 36 people bear this surname
Hörk Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 29 | 1:339,543 | 23,803 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
The alternate forms: Hork (364) are calculated separately.
Hörk Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hörk Come From? nationality or country of origin
Hörk is found in Sweden more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant: Hork. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Hörk? popularity and diffusion
The surname Hörk is the 3,274,477th most numerous family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 202,431,831 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Hörk are found; 81 percent are found in Northern Europe and 81 percent are found in Scandinavia.
It is most numerous in Sweden, where it is carried by 29 people, or 1 in 339,543. In Sweden it is most numerous in: Dalarna County, where 38 percent reside, Örebro County, where 21 percent reside and Stockholm County, where 21 percent reside. Other than Sweden this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Germany, where 19 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hork | 92 | 364 | / |
| Hörke | 89 | 7 | / |
| Örk | 86 | 621 | / |
| Hark | 75 | 2,220 | / |
| Herk | 75 | 783 | / |
| Örke | 75 | 117 | / |
| Ehrk | 75 | 83 | / |
| Härk | 75 | 13 | / |
| Hörg | 75 | 1 | / |
| Chark | 67 | 823 | / |
| Cherk | 67 | 510 | / |
| Horck | 67 | 294 | / |
| Harck | 67 | 256 | / |
| Herck | 67 | 255 | / |
| Härke | 67 | 83 | / |
| Chork | 67 | 68 | / |
| Öhrke | 67 | 24 | / |
| Harkh | 67 | 22 | / |
| Ehrck | 67 | 13 | / |
| Horkh | 67 | 12 | / |
| Horgk | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ehrkh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hoerk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Herkh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Haark | 67 | 0 | / |
| Heurk | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Hörk
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