The McCorkle surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 8,529 people carried this name — #4,154 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 34,600 people counted. That is up 4% from 8,207 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the McCorkle surname

Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Thorcaill.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «McCorkle» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In the first U.S. census, 1790

22 families named McCorkle, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 113 people lived in those households, 5.1 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 4 other spellings. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

North Carolina 11
South Carolina 6
Pennsylvania 5

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 252 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

McCorkle in American newspapers,
1852–1914.

Newspaper page from Daily National Intelligencer carrying the name McCorkle
Daily National Intelligencer 1852-11-20
Newspaper page from Weekly National Intelligencer carrying the name McCorkle
Weekly National Intelligencer 1852-11-20
Newspaper page from The Enterprise carrying the name McCorkle
The Enterprise 1914-08-06

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 32,796 pages in all carry the name.

In print

McCorkle in Australian newspapers,
1880s–1940s.

165 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss McCorkle. The most, 98, date from the 1930s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Queensland, at 1.6 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Queensland 56
New South Wales 48
Victoria 22
South Australia 20
Western Australia 11
Tasmania 8

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss McCorkle.

Who carried it

People named McCorkle,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Paul G. McCorkle
    Paul G. McCorkle 1863–1934 · politician
  • Susannah McCorkle 1946–2001 · jazz musician
  • George McCorkle 1947–2007 · guitarist
  • Joseph W. McCorkle 1819–1884 · politician
  • Samuel Eusebius McCorkle 1746–1811 · Christian minister
  • Ruth McCorkle 1941–2019 · researcher

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0.

In the public record

People named McCorkle,
in the records of 4 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States576 records

576 records of the McCorkle name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 354
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 132
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 55
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 9
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 7
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 6
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 6
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 5
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Bennie Eugene McCorkle

    Born 1941; from Johnson City, Tennessee. U.S. Army, medical specialist; killed in action 1968 in Pleiku, South Vietnam. Buried at Mountain Home National Cemetery, Tennessee.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Dannie McCorkle

    Born 1919 in Arkansas. Enlisted 1942 at Little Rock; farmer from Howard County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1996, buried at Fort Smith National Cemetery, Arkansas.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Ann McCorkle

    Arrived at New York in 1873 aboard the California from Glasgow and Moville, aged 21; servant. From Ireland.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 576 records for McCorkle in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia5 records

5 records of the McCorkle name in Australia Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Saml McCorkle

    Arrived in Victoria in 1853 aboard the Asia, aged 20; Irish.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Robina McCorkle

    Arrived in Victoria in 1887 aboard the Loch Tay, aged 30; Scottish.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Cath McCorkle

    Arrived in Victoria in 1854 as an assisted immigrant aboard the Black Eagle, aged 19.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 5 records for McCorkle in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Canada3 records

3 records of the McCorkle name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 2
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 1
  1. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Donald Frederick McCorkle

    Died in service in 1944.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Lizzie McCorkle

    Married 1904 in Hants, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record James McCorkle

    Married 1880 in Hants, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

United Kingdom2 records

2 records of the McCorkle name in the United Kingdom Stirling Council burial records
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Mary McCorkle

    Buried in 1890 at Valley Cemetery, Stirling, Scotland, aged 73.

    Stirling Council. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
  2. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Robert McCorkle

    Buried in 1883 at Valley Cemetery, Stirling, Scotland, aged 76.

    Stirling Council. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Counts: Stirling Council. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

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