Mørk Surname
Approximately 2,548 people bear this surname
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.
Read More About This SurnameMørk Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norway | 1,437 | 1:3,578 | 326 |
| Denmark | 1,061 | 1:5,320 | 482 |
| Faroe Islands | 37 | 1:1,324 | 164 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Greenland | 1 | 1:56,379 | 1,133 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
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.
- fylgerThis 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'.
- ejvindMørk Demographics
Average Mørk Salary in
Norway
368,139 kr
Per year
Average Salary in
Norway
346,080 kr
Per year
Mørk Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mørk Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mørk is found in Norway more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms: Mrk. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mørk? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mørk is the 169,395th most numerous family name globally It is held by around 1 in 2,860,104 people. The last name Mørk occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Mørk live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 100 percent live in Scandinavia.
The surname is most frequent in Norway, where it is held by 1,437 people, or 1 in 3,578. In Norway it is most numerous in: Eastern Norway, where 74 percent are found, Western Norway, where 9 percent are found and Northern Norway, where 8 percent are found. Not including Norway it is found in 10 countries. It also occurs in Denmark, where 42 percent are found and The Faroe Islands, where 1 percent are found.
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.
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