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There are approximately 2,921 people named Cork in the UK. That makes it the 3,341th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 46 are named Cork.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

England

Language of origin

English

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

English


Related and similar surnames

Corke
Cark
Carek
Cor
Corak
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Coar
Carco
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Coarke
Corck
Corc
Chork
Corcke
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Caark
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Corcc
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Carks
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Corca
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Carko
Chorky

The Cork surname in historical dictionaries

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

CORK. Not from the Irish citj, as has been conjectured, but from Core, an ancient Celtic personal name.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

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