Darkó
surname · Latin script
Darkó is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Serbia than in any other country, where it is the 43rd most common given name. Recorded meaning: Inherited from Proto-Slavic *darъ (“gift”), from Proto-Indo-European *déh₃rom, and suffix -ko.
- HRCroatia1 in 222(measured from records)
- RSSerbia≈1 in 231
- BABosnia & Herzegovina≈1 in 718
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Darkó itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Serbia (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 235 (measured from records)
- 1 in 222 (inferred from the name graph)
≈30,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Croatia
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Darko in HR Croatia, RS Serbia, SI Slovenia and 1 more and Дарко in MK North Macedonia.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
- Proto-Slavic*darъ“gift”(measured from records)
- Proto-Indo-European*déh₃rom(measured from records)
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *darъ (“gift”), from Proto-Indo-European *déh₃rom, and suffix -ko.
Sources 3
- DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
- Wiktionary
- Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon
Attested across 20 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Darkó counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RS Serbia | #43 | ≈30,000 est. | ≈1 in 231 | listed | Darko | 89 |
| HR Croatia | #44 | 19,036 | 1 in 222 | 19K | Darko | 144 |
| MK North Macedonia | #12 | 6,825as Дарко | 1 in 311 | 6.8K | Дарко | 59 |
| SI Slovenia | #66 | 6,053 | 1 in 347 | 6.1K | Darko | 53 |
| BA Bosnia & Herzegovina | #47 | ≈5,300 est. | ≈1 in 718 | — | Darko | 48 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form); State Statistical Office — living population names; SURS — resident population given names. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Jenő Darkób. 1880HUHungarian historian
- István Darkób. 1902HUHungarian journalist, contributing editor from Czechoslovakia (1902-1972)
- László Darkób. 1924HUpainter (1924-1970)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 1 sources across 0 countries.
Reference works 1
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Darkó mean, and where does it come from?
- Inherited from Proto-Slavic *darъ (“gift”), from Proto-Indo-European *déh₃rom, and suffix -ko. Recorded by DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen and Wiktionary and 1 other source.
- In which country does Darkó have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 30 thousand people named Darkó in Serbia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled darko.
- Where is Darkó most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Darkó is densest in Croatia — about 1 in 222 people — even though Serbia holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Darkó?
- In Croatia, the national register counted 19,036 people named Darkó in 2021, about 1 in 222 residents.
- How common is Darkó compared with other names?
- In Serbia, Darkó is the 43rd most common given name of 10,960 given names recorded there.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Darkó” — the 43rd most common given name in Serbia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.