Cork Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 20
Buckinghamshire 3
Berkshire 30
Cambridgeshire 13
Channel Islands 3
Cheshire 94
Cornwall 13
Cumberland 28
Derbyshire 15
Devon 92
Dorset 11
Durham 46
Essex 99
Gloucestershire 44
Hampshire 31
Herefordshire 1
Hertfordshire 18
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 4
Isle of Man 2
Kent 334
Lancashire 268
Leicestershire 15
Lincolnshire 27
London 618
Middlesex 57
Northumberland 29
Norfolk 183
Northamptonshire 16
Nottinghamshire 10
Oxfordshire 10
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 4
Shropshire 41
Suffolk 33
Somerset 27
Surrey 60
Sussex 40
Staffordshire 196
Warwickshire 22
Westmorland 3
Wiltshire 17
Worcestershire 12
Yorkshire 150

Wales

Anglesey 1
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 1
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 6
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 17
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Cork Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Cork family

Profession Census Frequency
General Labourer 34
Living On Own Means 29
General Servant Domestic 24
Dress Maker 22
Cotton Weaver 19
Domestic Servant 18
Cook Domestic 16
Scholar 16
Farmer 14
Dock Labourer 13
Laundress Wash 13
Bricklayer 12
Housemaid Domestic 12
Coal Miner Hewer 11
Bricklayer Labourer 9
Tailor 9
Agricultural Labourer 9
Servant Domestic 8
Cabinet Maker 7
Carpenter 7
House Maid Domestic 7
Blacksmith 7
Nurse Domestic 7
Ordinary Agricultural Labourer 7
Fisherman 7

Most Frequent Forenames for Cork

Name Census Frequency
William Cork 1,278
Mary Cork 1,154
John Cork 993
Elizabeth Cork 802
George Cork 681
Sarah Cork 670
James Cork 594
Thomas Cork 586
Charles Cork 437
Ann Cork 422
Henry Cork 417
Jane Cork 372
Emma Cork 287
Eliza Cork 277
Robert Cork 265
Samuel Cork 264
Alice Cork 248
Ellen Cork 242
Edward Cork 213
Joseph Cork 211
Annie Cork 210
Emily Cork 204
Alfred Cork 203
Frederick Cork 196
Hannah Cork 193

Cork Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Crook 60% 62,333
2 Cork 100% 18,506
3 Corke 80% 7,952
4 Creek 40% 4,015
5 Crooke 50% 3,842
6 Crake 40% 2,467
7 Creak 40% 1,279
8 Craik 40% 1,240
9 Croke 40% 1,141
10 Cark 75% 874
11 Carke 60% 783
12 Craike 33% 562
13 Croake 50% 242
14 Croak 60% 148
15 Creake 33% 139
16 Creeke 33% 131
17 Kork 75% 123
18 Corck 80% 109
19 Crok 50% 108

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The surname Cork is the 2nd most popular variant of Crook.

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