Corkery
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Corcra (“descendant of Corcra”), a personal name derived from corcair (“purple”).
Proper noun[edit]
Corkery (countable and uncountable, plural Corkerys)
- A surname from Irish.
- A ghost town in Dallas County, Missouri, United States.
Statistics[edit]
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Corkery is the 19012nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1433 individuals. Corkery is most common among White (94.28%) individuals.
Further reading[edit]
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Corkery”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 368.