Kark
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from German Kark, variant of Kirch.
Proper noun[edit]
Kark (plural Karks)
- A surname from German.
Statistics[edit]
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Kark is the 75799th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 254 individuals. Kark is most common among White (87.8%) individuals.
Further reading[edit]
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Kark”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 277.
German Low German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Low German karke, kerke, kirke, from Old Saxon kirika, from Proto-West Germanic *kirikā. More at church.
Noun[edit]
Kark f (plural Karken)
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- English terms borrowed from German
- English terms derived from German
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English surnames
- English surnames from German
- German Low German terms inherited from Middle Low German
- German Low German terms derived from Middle Low German
- German Low German terms inherited from Old Saxon
- German Low German terms derived from Old Saxon
- German Low German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- German Low German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- German Low German lemmas
- German Low German nouns
- German Low German feminine nouns