Jörk Surname

1,471,719th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 144 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Jörk Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Jörk Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1431:562,97546,225
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Jörk (202) may also be a first name.

Jörk Last Name Facts

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

The last name Jörk is borne by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Jörk? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,471,719th most commonly used last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 50,607,958 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Jörk reside; 100 percent reside in Western Europe and 100 percent reside in Germanic Europe. Jörk is also the 637,340th most common first name in the world, held by 202 people.

This surname is most frequently held in Germany, where it is carried by 143 people, or 1 in 562,975. In Germany Jörk is most common in: Thuringia, where 29 percent live, Berlin, where 24 percent live and Saxony, where 17 percent live. Outside of Germany this surname is found in one country. It is also found in Switzerland, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Jörke89615/
Jörck8955/
Djörke804/
Jörg758,593/
Jark75953/
Järk752/
Jörková7315/
Jarck67472/
Jhark6782/
Järke6717/
Jarkh675/
Joerk674/
Ijark671/
Jörgh671/
Jaerk671/

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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 Jörk
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