Quark Surname

1,353,468th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 164 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Isle of Man

Quark Surname Definition:

V. Quirk.

“It was the commoner name in the Isle of Man 200 years ago, but now Quirk has almost entirely superseded it.”—A. W. Moore, p. 15.

Quark 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
Indonesia1271:1,041,33275,890
Canada281:1,315,91492,927
Isle of Man81:10,7282,153
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England301:812,51235,970
Isle of Man191:2,856330
Scotland21:1,871,60827,884
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States281:1,793,52492,026

Quark (24) may also be a first name.

Quark Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

V. Quirk.

“It was the commoner name in the Isle of Man 200 years ago, but now Quirk has almost entirely superseded it.”—A. W. Moore, p. 15.

— Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Probably contracted from McMark, though it may have been the same name as Quirk originally. It was the commoner name in the Isle of Man 200 years ago, but now Quirk has almost entirely superseded it.

— Manx Names (1890) by Arthur William Moore
DNA test information
Display Statistics on:
  • Average Salary in:
    Canada

Quark Demographics

Average Quark Salary in
Canada

$62,365 CAD

Per year
Rank:
39,427 of 236,188
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.000126129
Rank: 68,839 of 236,189
Percentage of national average salary:
125.53%
Sample size: 11 (2014)

Average Salary in
Canada

$49,683 CAD

Per year
Per month:
$4,140 CAD
Per week:
$920 CAD
Per day:
$136 CAD

View the highest/lowest earning families in Canada

Quark Last Name Facts

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

The surname Quark (Arabic: كوارك) occurs more in Indonesia more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Quark? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,353,468th most frequently used last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 44,436,256 people. The last name Quark occurs mostly in Asia, where 78 percent of Quark live; 77 percent live in Southeast Asia and 77 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 2,187,323rd most frequently used first name on earth It is held by 24 people.

Quark is most commonly used in Indonesia, where it is held by 127 people, or 1 in 1,041,332. In Indonesia it is primarily found in: East Java, where 100 percent are found. Beside Indonesia this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 17 percent are found and The Isle of Man, where 5 percent are found.

Quark Last Name Statistics demography

Quark earn significantly more than the average income. In Canada they earn 25.53% more than the national average, earning $62,365 CAD 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
Quarck9121/
Qark891/
Quarg80409/
Kuark8020/
Querk807/
Qarkh803/
Cuark802/
Guark800/
Quork800/
Kuhark731/
Quarqu731/
Quorck730/
Quargg730/
Kark671,396/
Qarq67278/
Cark67119/
Qarg6752/
Qork671/
Quarque671/
Kuharck671/
Qarkova671/
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Quark Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Quark in the Arabic language
كواركkwark-

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Quark
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