Stærk Surname

760,012th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 376 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Denmark
Highest density in:
Denmark

Stærk Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Stærk Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Denmark3201:17,6401,733
Norway501:102,84613,903
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

The alternate forms: Strk (127) & Štrk (312) are calculated separately.

Stærk Last Name Facts

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

The surname Stærk is found in Denmark more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant: Strk or Štrk. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Stærk? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 760,012th most commonly occurring surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 19,381,771 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Stærk live; 99 percent live in Northern Europe and 99 percent live in Scandinavia.

The surname Stærk is most frequently held in Denmark, where it is held by 320 people, or 1 in 17,640. In Denmark it is mostly concentrated in: Central Denmark Region, where 52 percent are found, Region of Southern Denmark, where 18 percent are found and Capital Region of Denmark, where 14 percent are found. Without taking into account Denmark this surname exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Norway, where 13 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.

Stærk Last Name Statistics demography

Stærk earn notably more than the average income. In Norway they earn 19.38% more than the national average, earning 413,158 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Strk96127/
Stærke91169/
Štrk89312/
Størk805/
Stråk803/
Strck802/
Strkova674/
Strg673/
Strc671/
Strq671/
Shtrkova622/
Chtrke551/
Štrkova501/
Štrková501/

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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
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  • 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 Stærk
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