Yark Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 1
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 1
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 1
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 6
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 1
London 6
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 1
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 1
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 1

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Yark Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Yark family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 5
Stevedores Workman 1
Labourer 1
Watchman 1
Farm Servant Indoor 1
Shopman 1
House Maid Domestic 1
Ladys Maid 1
Groom Domestic 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Yark

Name Census Frequency
William Yark 20
Elizabeth Yark 15
George Yark 13
Mary Yark 13
Thomas Yark 13
James Yark 8
Ann Yark 7
John Yark 7
Charles Yark 5
Robert Yark 5
Emma Yark 4
Henry Yark 4
Louisa Yark 4
Martha Yark 4
Sarah Yark 4
Annie Yark 3
Florence Yark 3
Francis Yark 3
Jane Yark 3
Margaret Yark 3
Samuel Yark 3
Arthur Yark 2
Ellen Yark 2
Fanny Yark 2
Joseph Yark 2

Yark Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 York 75% 29,387
2 Yorke 60% 7,402
3 Yark 100% 209

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The surname Yark is the 3rd most popular variant of York.

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