Corkill Surname

135,537th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,316 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Isle of Man

Corkill Surname Definition:

(Celtic + Scandinavian) Manx contraction of MacThorketill = Son of Thorketill: v. Thurkell.

Corkill Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,3611:266,31825,078
Australia6201:43,5415,522
England5731:97,23910,313
New Zealand2941:15,4022,688
Isle of Man2731:31415
Canada951:387,84834,448
Scotland221:243,35512,191
South Africa181:3,009,872112,058
Northern Ireland161:115,3156,804
Switzerland71:1,173,27469,697
Chile51:3,523,29539,650
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
Wales51:618,90625,852
Czechia41:2,658,367127,801
Hong Kong31:2,445,1619,595
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
East Timor11:1,215,928507
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Isle of Man6111:8911
England1431:170,45714,424
Scotland41:935,80421,348
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1531:328,22725,501

Corkill Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Celtic + Scandinavian) Manx contraction of MacThorketill = Son of Thorketill: v. Thurkell.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

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

Corkill Last Name Facts

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

The surname Corkill occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Corkill? popularity and diffusion

Corkill is the 135,537th most frequently held family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 2,197,692 people. It is mostly found in The Americas, where 38 percent of Corkill reside; 38 percent reside in North America and 38 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most numerous in The United States, where it is carried by 1,361 people, or 1 in 266,318. In The United States Corkill is mostly concentrated in: Nevada, where 21 percent live, Texas, where 17 percent live and Illinois, where 6 percent live. Excluding The United States this last name occurs in 27 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 19 percent live and England, where 17 percent live.

Corkill Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Corkill has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Corkill surname grew 890 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 401 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it grew 550 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Corkill Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Corkill surname is chiefly Presbyterian (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Corkill last name are 13.49% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 60.26% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Corkill earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 5.86% less than the national average, earning R 223,704 per year; in United States they earn 3.4% more than the national average, earning $44,617 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.3% more than the national average, earning $53,806 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Corkkill931/
Corkil922/
Corkell86182/
Carkill8622/
Corkl831/
Carkuill803/
Corckell801/
Corkel772/
Zorkil772/
Carkil771/
Curkil771/
Korkil771/
Ciorchill750/
Carkgil7140/
Corcell7134/
Courcil713/
Carcill711/
Korkell710/
Courcell672/
Koerkell671/
Curchill671/
Carquill671/

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