The cork Surname

cork Name Meaning and History

English: metonymic occupational name for a supplier of red or purple dye or for a dyer of cloth, Middle English cork (of Celtic origin; compare Corkery).

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The cork name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the cork family name as far back in history as possible.

cork Family Facts

Name Distribution (US)Name Distribution (UK)Name Distribution (Scotland)Place of Origin Immigration Year Ports of Departure Life Expectancy Occupations Civil War Service

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Distribution of cork Families in the US in 1920

Number of cork families

41-80

14-40

1-13

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Corks in England	girouxtr	1
William Cork alias Loveday	chris_kingston	0
William Cork Of Teynham in Kent England	jacdac	3
Susannah Cork	julianca_1	0
Charlotte STONE	DustiSmith	0
Corks of Devon	TRAPEZE	1
the corks of alabama	ale383043a8e94d70e547289ee4debdd018d2c4	0
eli cork	barb thatcher	0
Clayton Wallace Cork	keltigard	5
obit: Elsie Lou (Cork) Huffington, of IN & Marshall, IL (1922-2005)	lynn1972_1	0

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