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mork Name Meaning and History

  1. Danish (Mørk) and Swedish (Mörk): nickname for someone with dark hair or a swarthy complexion, from Danish mørk, Swedish mörk ‘dark’ (Old Norse myrkr, whence also the English word murk(y)).
  2. Norwegian: habitational name from any of about 20 farmsteads so named, from Old Norse mork ‘wood’.

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Distribution of mork Families in the US in 1840
Number of mork families
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