Mørk Surname

169,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,548 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Faroe Islands

Mørk 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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Mørk 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
Norway1,4371:3,578326
Denmark1,0611:5,320482
Faroe Islands371:1,324164
England41:13,929,515290,718
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Greenland11:56,3791,133
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
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The alternate forms: Mrk (34) are calculated separately.

Mørk 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.

- fylger

This is a Danish (Mørk) and Swedish (Mörk) nickname for someone with dark hair or a swarthy complexion. it is derived from Danish mørk or Swedish mörk, meaing 'dark' (Old Norse myrkr, whence also the English word murk(y)). It is also a Norwegian habitational name derived from any of about twenty farmsteads so named, from Old Norse mork, meaning 'wood'.

- ejvind
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Display Statistics on:
  • Average Salary in:
    Norway

Mørk Demographics

Average Mørk Salary in
Norway

368,139 kr

Per year
Rank:
18,864 of 73,091
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.0341702
Rank: 271 of 73,091
Percentage of national average salary:
106.37%
Sample size: 724 (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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Mørk Last Name Facts

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

Mørk has its highest incidence in Norway. It can also appear in the variant forms: Mrk. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mørk? popularity and diffusion

Mørk is the 169,395th most frequent surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 2,860,104 people. Mørk is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Mørk reside; 100 percent reside in Northern Europe and 100 percent reside in Scandinavia.

It is most widespread in Norway, where it is carried by 1,437 people, or 1 in 3,578. In Norway it is most frequent in: Eastern Norway, where 74 percent reside, Western Norway, where 9 percent reside and Northern Norway, where 8 percent reside. Without taking into account Norway this last name occurs in 10 countries. It is also found in Denmark, where 42 percent reside and The Faroe Islands, where 1 percent reside.

Mørk Last Name Statistics demography

Mørk earn somewhat more than the average income. In Norway they earn 6.37% more than the national average, earning 368,139 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
Mrk9534/
Mørck89542/
Mørke891/
Mørcke8025/
Mørkås8010/
Mærk7526/
Mmrk754/
Mrzk754/
Mrke753/
Mrrk751/
Hmrk751/
Mhrk751/
Mrqk751/
Mrgk751/
Mrkz751/
Mrkt751/
Mrkh751/
Mırık671/
Hmrqk671/
Mrzkh671/
Mhrke671/
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