Researching Jock Kane
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![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 2412 people with the Kane surname? In that year Kane was ranked number 1603 for popularity in the UK. |

The name Jock means "form of JACK - form of JOHN - God gave" and is of Scottish origin.
Records of Jock Kane on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Jock Kane and the Kane Family Tree
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![]() | Did you know that there are currently 11674 people with the Kane surname in the UK? Kane is now ranked number 495 for popularity in the UK. |
Kane Family Tree Databases
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Kane Forums
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![]() | Did you know that there are currently 48612 people with the Kane surname in the USA? Kane is ranked number 141 for popularity in the USA. |
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Some Famous People called Jock Kane
Jock Kane
John Kane (7 April 1921 – 27 September 2013) was a Scottish whistleblower who was prevented from publishing two books alleging corruption at the British intelligence agency Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ). Kane served with the Royal Air Force in various European theatres as a radio operator in World War II, before joining GCHQ after the war. While serving with GCHQ in Hong Kong, Kane was concerned with the lack of security and after uncovering fraud, raised his complaints with officials. Kane retired in 1978 and his complaints were investigated by a senior civil servant, but the report was never published. Kane wrote a memoir in 1984, GCHQ: The Negative Asset, which was subsequently banned, as was a second memoir, The Hidden Depths of Treachery. Kane later worked as a school bus driver after retiring from GCHQ.
Source: Jock Kane, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Kane
Family names can get corrupted over time, particularly where literacy was not as good. The following list contains some names that have similar sounds so you may want to also look at one or two of the more likely possibilites.
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