Cock Name Meaning: Thought to have originated from the Anglo-Saxon word 'cocc' meaning 'dweller by the hill' or 'hillock'.
May have derived from a nickname given to someone 'proud'or that 'strutted' like a male chicken or an occupational name for someone who kept cocks. Also another term for a boy.
Discover how your Cock ancestors earned their living and spread across the country. Find out more about your family history by using the Free Search box.Bedfordshire | 4 |
Buckinghamshire | 27 |
Berkshire | 8 |
Cambridgeshire | 18 |
Channel Islands | 0 |
Cheshire | 29 |
Cornwall | 940 |
Cumberland | 8 |
Derbyshire | 1 |
Devon | 177 |
Dorset | 16 |
Durham | 40 |
Essex | 101 |
Gloucestershire | 39 |
Hampshire | 37 |
Herefordshire | 7 |
Hertfordshire | 4 |
Huntingdonshire | 0 |
Isle of Man | 0 |
Kent | 137 |
Lancashire | 233 |
Leicestershire | 6 |
Lincolnshire | 69 |
London | 388 |
Middlesex | 75 |
Northumberland | 19 |
Norfolk | 92 |
Northamptonshire | 4 |
Nottinghamshire | 27 |
Oxfordshire | 13 |
Rutland | 0 |
Shropshire | 23 |
Suffolk | 28 |
Somerset | 106 |
Surrey | 87 |
Sussex | 13 |
Staffordshire | 16 |
Warwickshire | 32 |
Westmorland | 11 |
Wiltshire | 7 |
Worcestershire | 11 |
Yorkshire | 142 |
Anglesey | 0 |
Brecknockshire | 0 |
Cardiganshire | 0 |
Carnarvonshire | 0 |
Carmarthenshire | 0 |
Denbighshire | 0 |
Flintshire | 0 |
Glamorgan | 18 |
Merionethshire | 0 |
Montgomeryshire | 0 |
Monmouthshire | 16 |
Pembrokeshire | 0 |
Radnorshire | 0 |
Profession | Census Frequency |
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Living On Own Means | 74 |
Farmer | 62 |
General Servant Domestic | 27 |
General Labourer | 23 |
Cook Domestic | 21 |
Carpenter | 20 |
Farmers Son | 20 |
Tin Miner | 20 |
Dress Maker | 19 |
Cotton Weaver | 19 |
At School | 17 |
Agricultural Labourer | 15 |
Charwoman | 13 |
Dressmaker | 11 |
School | 11 |
Scholar | 11 |
Draper Assistant | 9 |
Housemaid Domestic | 9 |
Domestic Servant | 8 |
Gardener Domestic | 8 |
Coal Miner | 7 |
Farmer's Son | 7 |
House Painter | 7 |
Stone Mason | 7 |
Shipwright | 7 |
Name | Census Frequency |
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William Cock | 2,486 |
Mary Cock | 2,398 |
John Cock | 2,241 |
Elizabeth Cock | 1,757 |
James Cock | 1,233 |
Thomas Cock | 1,040 |
Sarah Cock | 1,022 |
Jane Cock | 996 |
George Cock | 854 |
Ann Cock | 797 |
Charles Cock | 639 |
Henry Cock | 601 |
Eliza Cock | 482 |
Joseph Cock | 478 |
Richard Cock | 469 |
Robert Cock | 408 |
Edward Cock | 386 |
Emma Cock | 363 |
Ellen Cock | 355 |
Frederick Cock | 288 |
Annie Cock | 281 |
Samuel Cock | 276 |
Hannah Cock | 275 |
Emily Cock | 270 |
Alice Cock | 269 |
Rank | Surname | Match | Census Frequency |
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1 | Cook | 75% | 414,991 |
2 | Cock | 100% | 31,564 |
3 | Acock | 80% | 1,267 |
4 | Cocke | 80% | 1,080 |
5 | Eacock | 67% | 702 |
6 | Aucock | 67% | 698 |
7 | Coch | 75% | 674 |
8 | Cooch | 60% | 511 |
9 | Ocock | 80% | 402 |
10 | Coock | 80% | 331 |
11 | Cok | 75% | 293 |
12 | Cuckoo | 50% | 238 |
13 | Kock | 75% | 138 |
14 | Cuck | 75% | 136 |
15 | Cack | 75% | 116 |
The surname Cock is the 2nd most popular variant of Cook.