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There are approximately 2,020 people named Dark in the UK. That makes it the 4,460th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 32 are named Dark.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

England

Language of origin

English

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

English
Nickname

Related and similar surnames

Darke
Darkes
Darkis
Darco
Dar
Darcy
Daerk
Dairke
Darck
Darek
Darka
Daark
Darki
Darc
Darcke
Dareck
Darkee
Darkka
Darkie
Darcks
Dareks
Darkey
Daorks
Darkew
Dairkee
Darcz

The Dark surname in historical dictionaries

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

DARKE or DARK. This name, which is not uncommon in the West of England, is probably identical with the De Arcis, of Domesday book. William d'Arques, or de Arcis, was lord of Folkestone, co. Kent, temp. William I., having settled in England after the Norman Conquest. His ancestors were vicomtes of Arques, now a bourg and castle, four or five miles from Dieppe in Normandy. Stapleton on the barony of William of Arques, in Canterbury Report of Brit. Ai-chffiological Association, p. 166.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

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