Cox Name Meaning: One possible meaning is taken from the Welsh coch ‘red’. Another is thought to derive from the Old English cocc found in place-names meaning haycock, heap, hillock ‘Dweller by the hill’. Or even initially it may have been used as a nick name from the bird and given to one who strutted like a cock.
Discover how your Cox ancestors earned their living and spread across the country. Find out more about your family history by using the Free Search box.Bedfordshire | 697 |
Buckinghamshire | 630 |
Berkshire | 1,482 |
Cambridgeshire | 580 |
Channel Islands | 49 |
Cheshire | 541 |
Cornwall | 273 |
Cumberland | 52 |
Derbyshire | 702 |
Devon | 1,235 |
Dorset | 861 |
Durham | 689 |
Essex | 2,068 |
Gloucestershire | 2,375 |
Hampshire | 1,821 |
Herefordshire | 176 |
Hertfordshire | 654 |
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 262 |
Isle of Man | 13 |
Kent | 1,623 |
Lancashire | 2,647 |
Leicestershire | 1,331 |
Lincolnshire | 901 |
London | 9,509 |
Middlesex | 1,951 |
Northumberland | 180 |
Norfolk | 752 |
Northamptonshire | 1,324 |
Nottinghamshire | 1,167 |
Oxfordshire | 1,014 |
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 262 |
Shropshire | 292 |
Suffolk | 250 |
Somerset | 2,192 |
Surrey | 1,512 |
Sussex | 998 |
Staffordshire | 2,912 |
Warwickshire | 2,819 |
Westmorland | 11 |
Wiltshire | 724 |
Worcestershire | 1,673 |
Yorkshire | 2,646 |
Anglesey | 13 |
Brecknockshire | 68 |
Cardiganshire | 12 |
Carnarvonshire | 21 |
Carmarthenshire | 19 |
Denbighshire | 30 |
Flintshire | 18 |
Glamorgan | 1,082 |
Merionethshire | 7 |
Montgomeryshire | 3 |
Monmouthshire | 552 |
Pembrokeshire | 14 |
Radnorshire | 17 |
Profession | Census Frequency |
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General Labourer | 692 |
Living On Own Means | 580 |
General Servant Domestic | 493 |
Dress Maker | 402 |
Scholar | 396 |
Cook Domestic | 333 |
Agricultural Labourer | 230 |
Laundress Wash | 215 |
Farmer | 206 |
Housemaid Domestic | 206 |
Domestic Servant | 204 |
Carpenter | 196 |
House Maid Domestic | 161 |
Tailoress | 144 |
Dressmaker | 140 |
Charwoman | 139 |
Servant Domestic | 134 |
Gardener Domestic | 133 |
Ordinary Agricultural Labourer | 132 |
Bricklayer | 127 |
School | 127 |
Coal Miner Hewer | 123 |
Bricklayer Labourer | 105 |
House Keeper Domestic | 103 |
Laundress | 97 |
Name | Census Frequency |
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William Cox | 21,677 |
Mary Cox | 19,450 |
John Cox | 16,462 |
Elizabeth Cox | 13,118 |
George Cox | 12,071 |
Sarah Cox | 11,009 |
Thomas Cox | 10,907 |
James Cox | 9,397 |
Charles Cox | 8,311 |
Henry Cox | 7,033 |
Ann Cox | 6,510 |
Joseph Cox | 5,528 |
Jane Cox | 5,357 |
Eliza Cox | 5,310 |
Frederick Cox | 4,645 |
Emma Cox | 4,639 |
Alice Cox | 4,348 |
Ellen Cox | 4,327 |
Annie Cox | 4,153 |
Edward Cox | 4,055 |
Emily Cox | 3,965 |
Alfred Cox | 3,920 |
Arthur Cox | 3,481 |
Robert Cox | 3,218 |
Albert Cox | 3,109 |