Mørch Surname

198,017th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,113 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Denmark
Highest density in:
Greenland

Mørch Surname User-submission:

This surname in Danish means 'dark', and the known surnames of this type in Denmark might all have the same root, from a parish in eastern Jutland of that name (today spelled Mørke).

Surnames based on a parish is in a Danish context mostly seen with an ancestor originating from a specific parish, that took the parish as surname on top of the common patronym, or more correctly was given the extra surname by the army.

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Mørch 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
Denmark1,1461:4,926446
Norway7591:6,775684
Greenland1941:29160
England31:18,572,686338,250
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
France11:66,422,722504,397
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
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The alternate forms: Mrch (1) are calculated separately.

Mørch Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This surname in Danish means 'dark', and the known surnames of this type in Denmark might all have the same root, from a parish in eastern Jutland of that name (today spelled Mørke).

Surnames based on a parish is in a Danish context mostly seen with an ancestor originating from a specific parish, that took the parish as surname on top of the common patronym, or more correctly was given the extra surname by the army.

Since the most common names and patronyms the state church approved of prior to about a 100-150 years ago, only number about 25-30, then the army needed an added byname to each soldier to tell them apart, so adding the name of the parish the soldier was from, was a fast way of doing it.

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Display Statistics on:
  • Average Salary in:
    Norway

Mørch Demographics

Average Mørch Salary in
Norway

432,034 kr

Per year
Rank:
10,071 of 73,091
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.0193304
Rank: 534 of 73,091
Percentage of national average salary:
124.84%
Sample size: 349 (2014)

Average Salary in
Norway

346,080 kr

Per year
Per month:
28,840 kr
Per week:
6,409 kr
Per day:
948 kr

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Mørch Last Name Facts

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

Mørch occurs in Denmark more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Mrch. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mørch? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 198,017th most widely held family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 3,448,910 people. The surname Mørch occurs mostly in Europe, where 91 percent of Mørch reside; 90 percent reside in Northern Europe and 90 percent reside in Scandinavia.

It is most commonly occurring in Denmark, where it is held by 1,146 people, or 1 in 4,926. In Denmark Mørch is mostly concentrated in: Capital Region of Denmark, where 34 percent live, Central Denmark Region, where 19 percent live and Region Zealand, where 19 percent live. Not including Denmark it occurs in 12 countries. It is also common in Norway, where 36 percent live and Greenland, where 9 percent live.

Mørch Last Name Statistics demography

Mørch earn notably more than the average income. In Norway they earn 24.84% more than the national average, earning 432,034 kr per year.

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
Mrch961/
Mrche801/
Mrchs801/
Mrc7541/
Mrzh6722/
Mørz6712/
Mrhe674/
Mrht674/
Mrsh673/
Hmrc672/
Mrcs671/
Mrhj671/
Mrhp671/
Mrhz671/
Mrjh671/
Mhrc671/
Mrtc671/
Mrkh671/
Mrci671/
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Mørch
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