Cocburn Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Canada
Highest density in:
Canada

Cocburn Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cocburn Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
England21:27,859,030389,889
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686

Cocburn Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Cocburn Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Cocburn is more commonly found in Canada than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Cocburn.

How Common Is The Last Name Cocburn? popularity and diffusion

The last name Cocburn is the 8,193,072nd most commonly used family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 60 percent of Cocburn live; 60 percent live in North America and 60 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most numerous in Canada, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 12,281,864. In Canada Cocburn is most frequent in: Ontario, where 100 percent live. Not including Canada it is found in one country. It also occurs in England, where 40 percent live.

Cocburn Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Cocburn has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Cocburn last name declined 33 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Cockburn9311,281/
Cochburn933/
Cockburne881/
Coockburn881/
Cozburn862/
Cokburn861/
Cockbourne8233/
Cockborn8026/
Cookburn801/
Cockvurn801/
Cackburn800/
Chatsburn631/
Carzborn5314/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Cocburn
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