Groarke

English

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mag Ruairc (“son of Ruarc”), a variant of the personal name Ruadhrac, itself from Old Norse Hróðrekr.

Proper noun

Groarke (plural Groarkes)

1. A surname from Irish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Groarke is the 159712^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 101 individuals. Groarke is most common among White (94.06%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Groarke”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 87.