Roark Surname
Approximately 18,661 people bear this surname
Roark Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 18,484 | 1:19,609 | 2,464 |
| Argentina | 29 | 1:1,473,911 | 82,038 |
| England | 22 | 1:2,532,639 | 91,802 |
| Australia | 13 | 1:2,076,592 | 93,242 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Canada | 12 | 1:3,070,466 | 169,836 |
| Germany | 11 | 1:7,318,678 | 235,042 |
| India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
| Italy | 6 | 1:10,192,781 | 121,657 |
| Russia | 6 | 1:24,020,509 | 493,300 |
| China | 5 | 1:273,464,313 | 13,838 |
| Norway | 5 | 1:1,028,457 | 61,363 |
| Uzbekistan | 4 | 1:7,732,286 | 43,643 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Seychelles | 1 | 1:92,393 | 1,532 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 50 | 1:88,597 | 5,964 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 33 | 1:738,648 | 34,140 |
| Scotland | 15 | 1:249,548 | 8,553 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2,096 | 1:23,959 | 2,975 |
Roark (477) may also be a first name.
Roark Demographics
Roark Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Roark Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Roark Come From? nationality or country of origin
Roark (Russian: Роарк) is more frequently found in The United States than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Roark.
How Common Is The Last Name Roark? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 28,777th most common surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 390,523 people. The last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 99 percent of Roark are found; 99 percent are found in North America and 99 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Roark is also the 389,495th most numerous first name internationally It is held by 477 people.
This surname is most frequently held in The United States, where it is held by 18,484 people, or 1 in 19,609. In The United States it is most frequent in: Kentucky, where 10 percent reside, Texas, where 10 percent reside and Tennessee, where 9 percent reside. Not including The United States Roark occurs in 43 countries. It is also common in Argentina, where 0 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.
Roark Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Roark has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Roark surname grew 882 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it decreased 33 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 96 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Roark Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is chiefly Catholic (76%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Roark last name are 18.34% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 65.11% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Roark earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 16.93% more than the national average, earning 404,688 kr per year and in United States they earn 7.77% less than the national average, earning $39,795 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Roark Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Roark in the Russian language | ||
| Роарк | roark | - |
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Roark Reference & Research
Roark FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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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 Roark
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis