Rark Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Afghanistan
Highest density in:
Greece

Rark Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rark Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States171:2,954,040135,915

Rark Last Name Facts

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

The surname Rark (Hindi: रर्क) is held by more people in Afghanistan than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Rark? popularity and diffusion

The surname Rark is the 6,360,413th most prevalent last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. The last name Rark occurs mostly in Asia, where 44 percent of Rark live; 33 percent live in South Asia and 22 percent live in Islamic South Asia.

Rark is most prevalent in Afghanistan, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 16,076,592. In Afghanistan Rark is most numerous in: Paktika, where 100 percent are found. Without taking into account Afghanistan this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Argentina, where 11 percent are found and Australia, where 11 percent are found.

Rark Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Rark has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Rark last name contracted 94 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Reark8929/
Raurk894/
Rarke891/
Rarks891/
Raark891/
Rajrk891/
Raerk890/
Rarck890/
Raurke803/
Rearck801/
Raurck800/
Rork75829/
Rerk755/
Rarg753/
Rarc751/
Rarq751/
Rarková737/
Rorke672,375/
Rourk671,032/
Roork67150/
Roerk6729/
Rorks6715/
Rörke6712/
Rgarg6712/
Ruork676/
Rorck672/
Reirk671/
Rosrk671/
Rohrk671/
Rerck671/
Rajrg671/
Roirk670/
Rorrk670/

Rark Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Rark in the Hindi language
रर्कrarka-

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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
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Rark
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