Cockaday Surname

1,391,595th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 157 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Cockaday Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cockaday Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1531:364,17025,923
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England601:406,25624,311

Cockaday Last Name Facts

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

The surname Cockaday has its highest incidence in England. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Cockaday? popularity and diffusion

Cockaday is the 1,391,595th most widespread last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 46,417,490 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Cockaday live; 98 percent live in Northern Europe and 98 percent live in British Isles.

It is most frequent in England, where it is borne by 153 people, or 1 in 364,170. In England it is most numerous in: Norfolk, where 69 percent are found, West Sussex, where 10 percent are found and Suffolk, where 5 percent are found. Beside England Cockaday occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.

Cockaday Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Cockaday has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the last name grew 255 percent between 1881 and 2014.

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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 Cockaday
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