Lorking Surname

1,082,743rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 228 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Norfolk Island

Lorking Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lorking Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia1101:245,41522,739
England801:696,47639,547
South Africa91:6,019,745157,966
Canada81:4,605,699220,704
United States81:45,307,367917,113
New Zealand61:754,72041,661
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Norfolk Island11:2,295315
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England521:468,75726,382

Lorking Last Name Facts

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

Lorking is more frequently found in Australia than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Lorking? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,082,743rd most frequently used family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 31,962,921 people. Lorking occurs mostly in Oceania, where 51 percent of Lorking are found; 51 percent are found in Australasia and 51 percent are found in Australia and New Zealand.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Australia, where it is borne by 110 people, or 1 in 245,415. In Australia it is mostly concentrated in: New South Wales, where 72 percent live, Queensland, where 12 percent live and Western Australia, where 7 percent live. Not including Australia this surname exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in England, where 35 percent live and South Africa, where 4 percent live.

Lorking Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Lorking has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Lorking surname expanded 154 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Lorking Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Lorking earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 17.15% less than the national average, earning $35,750 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.16% less than the national average, earning $48,114 CAD per year.

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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
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  • 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 Lorking
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