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    The surname Cork

    A surname, carried by 2,677 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex C620

    Cork: #11,709 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Cork #11,709, 2,677 people Cork: #11,709 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Cork #11,709, 2,677 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cork is more common than 92.8% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,677 people named Cork in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 115,333 Americans. That is up 6.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,511.

    #11,709
    rank among US surnames
    2,677
    people in 2010
    0.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.6%
    change since 2000 (was #11,500)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #11,704Maag2,678115,290
    #11,709Longenecker2,677115,333
    #11,714Dismuke2,676115,376
    #11,716Ikeda2,675115,419

    Who is named Cork

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    70% of people named Cork identified as white (not Hispanic), 25% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 70%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 25%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Corks

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Bruce Cork
      American physicist, 1916–1994

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Cork

    Cork has the Soundex code C620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C620.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Cork?
    2,677 people in the United States had the surname Cork in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 115,333 Americans. It ranked 11,709th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Cork?
    In the 2010 Census, 70% of people named Cork identified as white (not Hispanic), and 25% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Cork?
    Bruce Cork, American physicist.
    Where is the surname Cork most common?
    Wikidata records people named Cork in the United States.
    Is the surname Cork getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,511 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,677 in 2010, up 6.6%.