The McCorkel Family Name

Arms linked to McCorkle and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

Meaning of the name

In parish registers, McCorkel often stands in for McCorkle. The name is usually explained as “The son of Thorcull or Thorketill (Thor's kettle)”.

McCorkel is listed among the recognised spellings of McCorkle. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them. You may also find the name written McCorkell. The Census Bureau's 2010 surname file lists McCorkel with 497 bearers, at rank 43,438. That is enough to place it in the top 50,000 American surnames.

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