Quote: Saddened! "Is it really? Never heard it before. Jorge isn't typically Lancastrian as well though surely? Or is that just a creative spelling of 'George' as we do go through phases of people looking for far out spellings?'"
It's relatively unusual as a surname, but the highest concentrations are in Lancs, now and historically; as for Jorge, yeh, I think you're right, unless it's creatively phonetic. Interesting, though, if it is, because George isn't a name you generally see written with a J by English speakers, even in the past: Gorge is a regular rendering, but not Jorge, at least in the north.
