Rork 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 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 3
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 3
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 2
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 7

Wales

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

Rork Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Rork family

Profession Census Frequency
Fruit Dealer 2
Worker In Woollen Mill 2
Nil 1
Railway Porter 1
Coal Heaver 1
Dress Maker 1
Labourer In Iron Works 1
Office Boy Errand 1
Tailor 1
Coal Miner 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Rork

Name Census Frequency
John Rork 14
William Rork 9
Ann Rork 8
Catherine Rork 8
Ellen Rork 8
James Rork 8
Mary Rork 8
George Rork 5
Bernard Rork 4
Bridget Rork 4
Margaret Rork 4
Sarah Rork 4
Thomas Rork 4
Daniel Rork 3
Edward Rork 3
Elizabeth Rork 3
Francis Rork 3
Henry Rork 3
Jane Rork 3
Joseph Rork 3
Eliza Rork 2
Fanny Rork 2
Fargus Rork 2
Hugh Rork 2
Patrick Rork 2

Rork Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Rourke 67% 8,059
2 Rorke 80% 1,280
3 Orourke 57% 590
4 Rourk 80% 347
5 Roarke 67% 201
6 Rork 100% 156
7 Roark 80% 142

Did you know?

The surname Rork is the 6th most popular variant of Rourke.

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