Find out how popular the last name Nordmark is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Nordmark.

Nordmark, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Nordmark surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Nordmark in America

Nordmark is the 63218th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Nordmark surname appeared 316 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Nordmark.

We can also compare 2010 data for Nordmark to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Nordmark

The surname NORDMARK is of Scandinavian origin, originating from the Swedish language in the 13th century. It is a toponymic surname, derived from the Swedish words "nord" meaning "north" and "mark" meaning "borderland" or "frontier region". The name likely referred to someone who lived in a northern borderland or frontier area.

The earliest recorded instances of the NORDMARK surname can be found in Swedish parish records from the late 16th century. One of the earliest known bearers of the name was Johan Nordmark, born in 1583 in Värmland, Sweden. Another early bearer was Karin Nordmark, born in 1612 in Jämtland, Sweden.

In the 17th century, the NORDMARK surname appeared in various Swedish historical records, including land registry documents and court records. One notable figure from this period was Erik Nordmark, a Swedish soldier who fought in the Thirty Years' War (1618-1648) and later became a prominent landowner in Dalarna, Sweden.

The NORDMARK surname also has a long history in Finland, where it is believed to have been introduced by Swedish settlers in the 16th and 17th centuries. One of the earliest recorded bearers of the name in Finland was Petter Nordmark, born in 1672 in Ostrobothnia.

In the 19th century, the NORDMARK surname spread to other parts of the world through Swedish and Finnish immigration. One notable bearer from this period was Carl Johan Nordmark (1813-1892), a Swedish-American farmer and pioneer who settled in Minnesota in the 1850s.

Other notable figures with the NORDMARK surname include Ivar Nordmark (1892-1967), a Finnish politician and diplomat who served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Finland from 1958 to 1959, and Torbjörn Nordmark (born 1953), a Swedish film director and screenwriter known for his work on the television series Wallander.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Nordmark

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Nordmark.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Nordmark was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Nordmark has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Nordmark was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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