Corkil Surname
Approximately 2 people bear this surname
Corkil 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 .
Read More About This SurnameCorkil Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 10 | 1:442,987 | 15,290 |
Corkil 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.
Corkil Demographics
Corkil Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Corkil Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Corkil Come From? nationality or country of origin
Corkil is carried by more people in Canada than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Corkil click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Corkil? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 11,742,229th most widely held family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Corkil are found; 100 percent are found in North America and 100 percent are found in Anglo-North America.
This last name is most widely held in Canada, where it is carried by 1 people, or 1 in 36,845,591. In Canada Corkil is most common in: Nova Scotia, where 100 percent reside. Other than Canada Corkil exists in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 50 percent reside.
Corkil Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corkill | 92 | 3,316 | / |
| Corkl | 91 | 1 | / |
| Corkkill | 86 | 1 | / |
| Zorkil | 83 | 2 | / |
| Corkel | 83 | 2 | / |
| Korkil | 83 | 1 | / |
| Curkil | 83 | 1 | / |
| Carkil | 83 | 1 | / |
| Corkell | 77 | 182 | / |
| Carkgil | 77 | 40 | / |
| Carkill | 77 | 22 | / |
| Courcil | 77 | 3 | / |
| Carkuill | 71 | 3 | / |
| Corckell | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sarkil | 67 | 135 | / |
| Corcel | 67 | 70 | / |
| Korkel | 67 | 15 | / |
| Kerkil | 67 | 14 | / |
| Zarkil | 67 | 9 | / |
| Sorkel | 67 | 7 | / |
| Korcil | 67 | 6 | / |
| Curkel | 67 | 3 | / |
| Karkil | 67 | 2 | / |
| Curcil | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ciorchill | 67 | 0 | / |
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