Last name: KIRK
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Last name frequency
KIRK : This last name is indexed 247,138 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
KIRK : Scottish English and Danish: from Middle English Danish kirk ‘church’ (Old Norse kirkja) a topographic name for someone who lived near a church. This name has also been established in Ireland since the 16th century or earlier.
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