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 8
Buckinghamshire 9
Berkshire 21
Cambridgeshire 1
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 83
Cornwall 16
Cumberland 10
Derbyshire 11
Devon 92
Dorset 8
Durham 24
Essex 136
Gloucestershire 35
Hampshire 28
Herefordshire 3
Hertfordshire 17
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 1
Isle of Man 1
Kent 394
Lancashire 293
Leicestershire 30
Lincolnshire 23
London 390
Middlesex 80
Northumberland 23
Norfolk 168
Northamptonshire 4
Nottinghamshire 8
Oxfordshire 5
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 1
Shropshire 41
Suffolk 30
Somerset 44
Surrey 58
Sussex 37
Staffordshire 260
Warwickshire 25
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 11
Worcestershire 7
Yorkshire 166

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 1
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 1
Denbighshire 3
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 12
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 5
Monmouthshire 21
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Cork Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Cork family

Profession Census Frequency
School 242
Cotton Weaver 23
Domestic Servant 20
Labourer 19
None 19
Farm Labourer 19
Dressmaker 18
General Servant (domestic) 17
Private Means 17
General Labourer 16
Charwoman 11
Housemaid (domestic) 11
Carpenter 10
Farmer 10
Bricklayer 9
House Keeper 9
Housekeeper 9
Clerk 9
Coal Miner Hewer 9
Domestic 8
Laundress 8
Assisting In Business 7
Cook (domestic) 7
Fisherman 7
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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