Yorke

English

Etymology

Variant of York.

Proper noun

Yorke (countable and uncountable, plural Yorkes)

1. Obsolete spelling of York (English city)
2. A surname.

Derived terms

• Yorke Peninsula

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Yorke is the 17745^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1579 individuals. Yorke is most common among White (74.86%) and Black/African American (21.28%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Yorke”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• Korey, Yoker, yoker

Middle English

Proper noun

Yorke

1. Alternative form of York