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 | 647 |
| Buckinghamshire | 673 |
| Berkshire | 1,415 |
| Cambridgeshire | 521 |
| Channel Islands | 49 |
| Cheshire | 459 |
| Cornwall | 196 |
| Cumberland | 46 |
| Derbyshire | 612 |
| Devon | 1,109 |
| Dorset | 841 |
| Durham | 585 |
| Essex | 1,300 |
| Gloucestershire | 1,887 |
| Hampshire | 1,441 |
| Herefordshire | 174 |
| Hertfordshire | 506 |
| Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 315 |
| Isle of Man | 15 |
| Kent | 1,355 |
| Lancashire | 2,266 |
| Leicestershire | 1,047 |
| Lincolnshire | 901 |
| London | 8,588 |
| Middlesex | 1,307 |
| Northumberland | 162 |
| Norfolk | 752 |
| Northamptonshire | 1,178 |
| Nottinghamshire | 967 |
| Oxfordshire | 1,013 |
| Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 315 |
| Shropshire | 321 |
| Suffolk | 268 |
| Somerset | 2,284 |
| Surrey | 1,115 |
| Sussex | 918 |
| Staffordshire | 2,434 |
| Warwickshire | 2,416 |
| Westmorland | 36 |
| Wiltshire | 684 |
| Worcestershire | 1,270 |
| Yorkshire | 2,416 |
| Anglesey | 0 |
| Brecknockshire | 39 |
| Cardiganshire | 2 |
| Carnarvonshire | 24 |
| Carmarthenshire | 11 |
| Denbighshire | 16 |
| Flintshire | 0 |
| Glamorgan | 763 |
| Merionethshire | 10 |
| Montgomeryshire | 9 |
| Monmouthshire | 390 |
| Pembrokeshire | 21 |
| Radnorshire | 5 |
| Profession | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Scholar | 7,649 |
| Agricultural Labourer | 970 |
| General Labourer | 737 |
| Domestic Servant | 485 |
| Labourer | 432 |
| Dress Maker | 408 |
| Coal Miner | 367 |
| Living On Own Means | 363 |
| General Servant | 309 |
| Laundress | 307 |
| Farm Labourer | 274 |
| General Servant Domestic | 266 |
| Living On Her Own Means | 219 |
| Carpenter | 214 |
| Gardener | 211 |
| Farmer | 203 |
| Clerk | 169 |
| General Domestic Servant | 141 |
| Blacksmith | 136 |
| Cook Domestic Servant | 133 |
| House Keeper | 121 |
| Farm Servant | 112 |
| Tailoress | 112 |
| Errand Boy | 106 |
| Tailor | 104 |
| 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 |