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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).

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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cork Family Facts

Distribution of cork Families in the US in 1920
Number of cork families
 41-80
 14-40		 1-13
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Compiled by Ancestry.co.uk from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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