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[Facts] Ruark...
I've been trying to figure out the origin of my last name, Ruark.
people suggest it might be a misspelled version or Rourke or O'Rourke, but i've also heard it might be Welsh...
my family history falls off the records before they came to America in the 1800's
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This is definately Irish.It is not a misspelling, but a variation on more common Anglicizations of the original Gaelic nameThe Irish-Gaelic form is "Ó Ruairc." It is a major family of Counties Cavan and Letrim. The name is natively Irish but the root name is Norse in origin.
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Not Welsh....Irish or Scottish, and definitely another spelling of Rourke or O'Rourke :D
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Maybe Polynesian because I found a few names starting with "Rua"
all being polynesian.
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