Last Name CUNNINGHAME

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Meaning	Local: From the district of Cunninghame in Ayrshire. Malcolm Canmore being hotly pursued by Macbeth took refuge in a barn, where a countryman called Malcolm the son of Fris- kin, concealed him by forking hay or straw over him; on the accession of Malcolm Can- more to the throne he granted to his deliverer the Thanedom of Cunninghame, and for his arms, argent a shake fork sable, with the motto, " Over fork over."

Origin	Scottish, Irish

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