Corkell Surname

1,263,456th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 182 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Scotland

Corkell Surname Definition:

Contracted from Mac-Pór-Ketill. þorr, the God of thunder, the keeper of the hammer, the destroyer of evil spirits, the son of mother earth, was the favourite deity of the North. In the annals of Roger de Hoveden we read under date a.d. 1044 that ‘the noble Matron Gunhilda .

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Corkell Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1131:3,207,601184,423
England421:1,326,62059,571
Scotland141:382,41616,471
Australia91:2,999,522116,751
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
France11:66,422,722504,397
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England451:541,67528,673
Isle of Man51:10,8541,028
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States321:1,569,33483,036

Corkell Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Contracted from Mac-Pór-Ketill. þorr, the God of thunder, the keeper of the hammer, the destroyer of evil spirits, the son of mother earth, was the favourite deity of the North. In the annals of Roger de Hoveden we read under date a.d. 1044 that ‘the noble Matron Gunhilda . . . with her two sons, Hemming and Turkill, was expelled from England.

Turkill, evidently a chief in Man, is one of the persons signing Olafs Charter to Furness in a.d. 1134. Perhaps he was the owner of Thorkelstad, and, if so, he probably gave some of his land to the abbey.

Bishop Thorgil took part in Haco’s expedition in A.D. 1263.

Both þORKELL and Vorgils are common in the Land- námabóc and the Flateyjarbóc.

'Donald MacCorkyll was Rector of the Church of St. Mary of Balylagh, in 1408, and ‘Edward Corkhill, one of the Deemsters of Mann, ' in 1532.

Manx Names (1890) by Arthur William Moore

Corkell Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Corkell Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Corkell occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Corkell? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,263,456th most commonly held family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 40,041,461 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 58 percent of Corkell are found; 58 percent are found in North America and 58 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most widely held in The United States, where it is held by 113 people, or 1 in 3,207,601. In The United States Corkell is most common in: Maryland, where 38 percent reside, Delaware, where 16 percent reside and Illinois, where 9 percent reside. Barring The United States it is found in 6 countries. It is also common in England, where 23 percent reside and Scotland, where 8 percent reside.

Corkell Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Corkell has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Corkell last name expanded 353 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it fell 7 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 1,400 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it expanded 200 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Corkell Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is predominantly Methodist (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Corkell last name are 39.59% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 86.36% registered to vote for the party.

Corkell earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 13.84% less than the national average, earning $37,177 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Corckell931/
Corkel922/
Corkill863,316/
Corcell8634/
Korkell860/
Corkl831/
Courcell802/
Corkkill801/
Koerkell801/
Corcel7770/
Korkel7715/
Sorkel777/
Curkel773/
Corkil772/
Courcel71168/
Koerkel7173/
Carkill7122/
Jarkell7114/
Sarkell719/
Carcell717/
Charkel712/
Corchel711/
Curcell710/
Courchel6799/
Carkuill673/
Charkeel671/
Carchell671/
Curchell670/

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