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Cork Name Meaning
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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Name Distribution of Cork Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Cork families
 41 - 80  14 - 40 |
 1 - 13  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Cork families
|
285 - 567 96 - 284 |
1 - 95 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Cork families
|
5 - 8 2 - 4 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Cork census records
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Cork Family Origin
Cork Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Cork
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Cork Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Cork census records
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Cork Civil War Service Records
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