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Across the world, Durk (Durk , ديرك , Turkki ) is a rare principally masculine, but scarcely female given name. The forename Durk is characteristic of Netherlands, where it is a rare masculine name, Syria, where it is a rare epicene name, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is a rare masculine name. Measured by absolute frequency, this name is the most popular in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Netherlands, and the United States. More frequently, Durk is the last name as well as the forename.
Durk is also a popular name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Dirk Pitt , the fictional adventurer, Dirk Pitt; Dirk Cresswell , the fictional character in Harry Potter, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1; Dirk Gently , the fictional character created by Douglas Adams, Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency; Sun Boy , the DC Comics character, Legion of Super Heroes and Dirk Savage , the fictional Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles character, Dirk Savage, Mutant Hunter, and in many other works.