Ark is used as a family name or surname in Turkey. It is 3 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Ark
No. of characters: 3
Origin: Turkey
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Ark

How popular is Ark?

Ark is common in Turkey.

Ark is ranked 120792 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Arks grew by 12.61261 per cent to 375 since 2000 and ranked 54864 after elevating 2388 spots. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 65.07 70.57
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 27.2 25.23
Others 4 1.5
American Indian and Alaska Native 2.13 0
Ark is not so popular last name but still a prevalent surname concentrated mainly in Turkey which may be its originating country too. Around 3317 people have been found who wears Ark as their family name. Ark is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
33,253 New Zealand9
13,220 Thailand6
8,689 Pakistan4
121,340 Spain4
67,494 South Africa3
46,068 Philippines3
32,695 Nigeria3
19,865 Iran3
18,114 Algeria3
25,074 Greece3
9,500 Ghana3
52,939 United Arab Emirates2
28,083 Romania2
8,995 Uganda2
24,269 Peru2
33,202 Saudi Arabia2
7,574 Bangladesh2
65,594 Belgium2
6,103 Cyprus2
219,873 France2
4,367 Afghanistan2
2,040 Mali1
24,771 Colombia1
56,169 Mexico1
5,924 Paraguay1
37,493 Austria1
134,667 Zimbabwe1
120,357 Argentina1
1,542 Andorra1
7,847 Albania1
49,101 Denmark1
25,721 Egypt1
40,340 Malaysia1
11,923 Slovenia1
5,589 Sudan1
12,270 Lebanon1
14,644 Tunisia1
29,046 Japan1
16,640 Hong Kong1
2,057 Myanmar1
25,746 Finland1
38,841 Scotland1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
95,259 Italy45
61,159 Australia30
32,811 Sweden29
11,685 Singapore24
277,692 Indonesia21
3,605 China12
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
11,471 Norway66
104,075 Brazil64
56,416 Canada53
Countries with hundreds of Ark:
53,090 United States494
43,536 Germany235
15,290 Netherlands182
122,516 India157
38,707 England108
Countries with thousands of Ark:
5,246 Turkey1,712
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Ark Namesakes

  • Abram Arkhipov, Artist
  • Adam Arkin, Television actor
  • Jerome Arkenberg, Historian
  • Alan Arkin, Actor
  • Aleksey Arkhipov, Soccer player
  • Tatyana Petrova Arkhipova, Runner
  • Alessi's Ark, Singer-songwriter
  • Samuel Z. Arkoff, Producer
  • Allan Arkush, Film director
  • Gorno-Altay (Russia). Komitet po delam arkhivov, Author

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