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 0
Buckinghamshire 9
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 5
Channel Islands 4
Cheshire 100
Cornwall 71
Cumberland 1
Derbyshire 6
Devon 84
Dorset 1
Durham 27
Essex 32
Gloucestershire 23
Hampshire 29
Herefordshire 2
Hertfordshire 8
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 4
Isle of Man 0
Kent 322
Lancashire 188
Leicestershire 21
Lincolnshire 13
London 445
Middlesex 23
Northumberland 14
Norfolk 189
Northamptonshire 1
Nottinghamshire 17
Oxfordshire 11
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 4
Shropshire 35
Suffolk 25
Somerset 59
Surrey 53
Sussex 53
Staffordshire 159
Warwickshire 14
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 2
Worcestershire 17
Yorkshire 104

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 24
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 22
Pembrokeshire 2
Radnorshire 0

Cork Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Cork family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 342
Agricultural Labourer 56
Labourer 34
Domestic Servant 31
General Servant 23
Coal Miner 19
Tailor 18
Laundress 17
Shoe Maker 16
Gardener 14
Carpenter 14
Dress Maker 14
House Keeper 12
Farm Labourer 11
Wife Of Above 10
Clerk 9
Errand Boy 9
Cook 8
Annuitant 8
Servant 7
Dressmaker 7
Cabinet Maker 6
Cord Wainer 6
Joiner 6
Worsted Weaver 6

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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