Rork Surname

418,906th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 829 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Rork Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rork Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7951:455,92338,976
Canada211:1,754,552114,935
Japan41:31,961,07353,820
England31:18,572,686338,250
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland41:1,107,46726,093
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland441:85,0734,558
England381:641,45731,575
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3731:134,63512,812

Rork (36) may also be a first name.

Rork Last Name Facts

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

The surname Rork is most common in The United States. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Rork click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Rork? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 418,906th most frequently held last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 8,790,767 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 99 percent of Rork reside; 98 percent reside in North America and 98 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Rork is also the 1,717,090th most frequently occurring first name on earth. It is borne by 36 people.

This last name is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 795 people, or 1 in 455,923. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Michigan, where 13 percent reside, Indiana, where 8 percent reside and Texas, where 8 percent reside. Other than The United States Rork occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 3 percent reside and Japan, where 0 percent reside.

Rork Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Rork has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 213 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 92 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Rork Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Rork last name is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States Rork are 20.5% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 67.27% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Rork earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 2.41% more than the national average, earning $44,191 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.73% more than the national average, earning $51,535 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rorke892,375/
Rourk891,032/
Roork89150/
Roerk8929/
Rorks8915/
Ruork896/
Rorck892/
Rosrk891/
Rohrk891/
Rorrk890/
Roirk890/
Rourke8011,675/
Rohrke8051/
Rourks8037/
Roorke806/
Rourck803/
Roorkh801/
Royrke800/
Ruorke800/
Rurk7516/
Rark759/
Rerk755/
Rorg752/
Rorx751/
Rourcke7313/
Rorkova731/
Rörke6712/
Rurke675/
Raurk674/
Rourg672/
Rorgh671/
Raark671/
Rurck671/
Ruhrk671/
Rerck671/
Rarks671/
Rorcx671/
Rohrg671/
Rurkh671/
Rarke671/
Rarck670/
Raerk670/

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Rork 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 Rork
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