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Question:I believe you spell it Sharke...Is it an Indian type of last name?


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: I believe you spell it Sharke...Is it an Indian type of last name?

With varied spellings:
Shark
English: possibly a variant of Chark, a metonymic occupational name for a porter or carrier, from Old French "charche" ‘load’.

Sharkey
Irish (Ulster and Connacht): reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic ó" Searcaigh "‘descendant of "Searcach"’, a byname meaning ‘"beloved’".


So, going by this, there was no Indian unless he was born in Dublin or Paris. LOL

You need to know if that's the original last name - it could be Scharke, which would be German.

Try this website:
http://www.houseofnames.com/xq/asp.fc/qx...