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Coak Family History

Coak Surname Meaning

Variant of <me>Cook</me> or <me>Cock</me>. Compare Margret <i>Cook</i> 1574 Margret <i>Coak</i> 1582 in <src>IGI</src> (Pocklington ER Yorks);

Richard <i>Cock</i> 1734 Richard <i>Coak</i> 1736 in <src>IGI</src> (Saint Ervan Cornwall).

Source: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain, 2021


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You can see how Coak families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Coak family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1840 and 1920. The most Coak families were found in USA in 1920. In 1911 there were 43 Coak families living in Ontario. This was about 55% of all the recorded Coak's in Canada. Ontario had the highest population of Coak families in 1911.
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What did your Coak ancestors do for a living?

In 1921, Farmer was the top reported job for people in the Canada named Coak. 100% of Coak men worked as a Farmer.

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Top Male Occupations In 1921

  • Farmer
    100%

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Passenger Lists

There are 558 immigration records available for the last name Coak. Passenger lists are your ticket to knowing when your ancestors arrived in Canada, and how they made the journey - from the ship name to ports of arrival and departure.

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Draft Cards

There are 409 military records available for the last name Coak. For the veterans among your Coak ancestors, military collections provide insights into where and when they served, and even physical descriptions.

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What is the average Coak lifespan?

Between 1963 and 2003, in the United States, Coak life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1977, and highest in 1999. The average life expectancy for Coak in 1963 was 83, and 88 in 2003.

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