Bork is used as a family name or surname in Germany. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Bork
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Germany
Meaning:

Lastname Bork is variation of Buerker. Dweller in a town; descendant of Burghar meaning "strong-hold, army".

Lastname is form of Borkowski. Dweller in a small wood.

An abbreviated form of Borowski that means dweller in a small wood.

The family name Bork is variant form of Borkowski. Dweller in a small wood.

Bork is a form of Buerker. Dweller in a town; descendant of Burghar meaning "strong-hold, army".

Bork is the variant of Burcher. Dweller at the birch tree or grove.

Bork is the variant of Burcher. Dweller at the birch tree or grove.

How popular is Bork?

Bork is common in Germany, United States, Russia, Denmark, Brazil, Poland, Canada, Netherlands, Argentina, Sweden.

Bork is ranked 30336 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Bork bearers increased by 5.38 per cent in 2010 US census to 3448 since 2000, the surname slipped by 267 spots and ranked at 9433. The last name was found in around 1 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 93.76 96.12
Hispanic or Latino 2.18 1.28
Others 1.45 1.01
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 1.28 0.4
Black 0.99 0.58
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.35 0.61
Bork is quite popular family name mostly used in Germany however Denmark is ahead in terms of density. Around 17627 people have been found who wears Bork as their family name. Bork is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Bork:
1,324 Germany7,631
9,581 United States4,280
9,961 Russia1,841
413 Denmark1,220
Countries with hundreds of Bork:
11,277 Brazil731
8,511 Poland703
13,927 Canada274
15,011 Netherlands185
31,358 Argentina104
7,084 Sweden101
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
5,370 Afghanistan87
45,970 England63
4,104 Estonia58
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
140,296 France46
2,402 Nicaragua34
24,091 Switzerland27
25,571 Norway22
75,721 Australia18
180,670 Philippines17
39,210 Israel16
201,187 Ukraine15
62,255 Belarus12
8,683 Northern Ireland11
525 Greenland11
64,097 Austria11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
426,148 Thailand10
153,484 Iran10
4,574 Honduras9
684,495 India9
29,026 Chile9
21,724 Scotland9
107,736 Kazakhstan6
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Immigrants to US

From Germany

Christian Bork worked as servant and hailed from Wietersheim, Germany. 16 years old embarked for Indianapolis from Rotterdam on Richard Anderson and arrived on July 12, 1850. Heinrich Bork, aged 16, Elis. Bork, 22 years old Albert Bork, F. Bork, aged 18, Anna-E.Chr. Bork, aged 23, Berenhand-C.W. Bork, Carl-T.F. Bork, aged 25, Elise-S.K. Bork, aged 28, and 309 other Bork around 41.55% of whom were farmer while others worked as miller and daughter, shoemaker, baker, fisherman, saddler, bricklayer, merchant migrated to US from Rotterdam, Bremen and Hamburg.

Bork Namesakes

  • Robert Bork, American judge
  • George Bork, American football player in the 1960s
  • Frank Bork, major league baseball pitcher

Bork Namesakes

  • Robert Bork, American judge
  • George Bork, American football player in the 1960s
  • Frank Bork, major league baseball pitcher

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