Örk Surname
Approximately 621 people bear this surname
Örk Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 616 | 1:126,333 | 10,423 |
| Germany | 5 | 1:16,101,092 | 397,699 |
The alternate forms: Ork (1,710) are calculated separately.
Örk Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Örk Come From? nationality or country of origin
Örk is more frequently found in Turkey than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant: Ork. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Örk? popularity and diffusion
It is the 523,160th most common surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 11,735,179 people. The surname Örk is primarily found in Asia, where 94 percent of Örk live; 94 percent live in West Asia and 94 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands.
It is most common in Turkey, where it is borne by 616 people, or 1 in 126,333. In Turkey Örk is most common in: Istanbul Province, where 15 percent are found, Mardin Province, where 10 percent are found and Konya Province, where 9 percent are found. Other than Turkey this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Germany, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Örk
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