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 | 687 |
| Buckinghamshire | 788 |
| Berkshire | 1,682 |
| Cambridgeshire | 596 |
| Channel Islands | 44 |
| Cheshire | 578 |
| Cornwall | 320 |
| Cumberland | 54 |
| Derbyshire | 788 |
| Devon | 1,387 |
| Dorset | 859 |
| Durham | 827 |
| Essex | 2,624 |
| Gloucestershire | 2,405 |
| Hampshire | 2,193 |
| Herefordshire | 150 |
| Hertfordshire | 731 |
| Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 222 |
| Isle of Man | 6 |
| Kent | 1,961 |
| Lancashire | 3,027 |
| Leicestershire | 1,385 |
| Lincolnshire | 1,073 |
| London | 9,104 |
| Middlesex | 3,013 |
| Northumberland | 243 |
| Norfolk | 661 |
| Northamptonshire | 1,346 |
| Nottinghamshire | 1,381 |
| Oxfordshire | 1,053 |
| Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 222 |
| Shropshire | 285 |
| Suffolk | 263 |
| Somerset | 2,258 |
| Surrey | 2,049 |
| Sussex | 1,173 |
| Staffordshire | 3,237 |
| Warwickshire | 3,169 |
| Westmorland | 10 |
| Wiltshire | 829 |
| Worcestershire | 1,876 |
| Yorkshire | 3,357 |
| Anglesey | 9 |
| Brecknockshire | 51 |
| Cardiganshire | 5 |
| Carnarvonshire | 74 |
| Carmarthenshire | 64 |
| Denbighshire | 17 |
| Flintshire | 40 |
| Glamorgan | 1,498 |
| Merionethshire | 8 |
| Montgomeryshire | 5 |
| Monmouthshire | 873 |
| Pembrokeshire | 32 |
| Radnorshire | 3 |
| Profession | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| School | 6,365 |
| Farm Labourer | 640 |
| General Labourer | 443 |
| Private Means | 414 |
| General Servant (domestic) | 353 |
| Labourer | 351 |
| Dressmaker | 281 |
| None | 278 |
| Domestic Servant | 268 |
| Coal Miner Hewer | 247 |
| Farmer | 221 |
| Clerk | 208 |
| Laundress | 172 |
| Scholar | 164 |
| At School | 162 |
| House Painter | 160 |
| At Home | 159 |
| Bricklayer | 159 |
| Cook (domestic) | 156 |
| Carpenter | 153 |
| Housemaid (domestic) | 150 |
| Shop Assistant | 150 |
| House Keeper | 141 |
| Dress Maker | 134 |
| Nil | 130 |
| Name | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| 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 |