Cockeran Surname

1,088,856th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 226 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Cockeran Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cockeran Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1911:283,65327,806
United States341:10,660,557428,392
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England181:1,354,18747,798
Wales31:522,80514,314
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States201:2,510,934119,518

Cockeran Last Name Facts

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

The last name Cockeran is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Cockeran click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Cockeran? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,088,856th most common surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 32,245,778 people. Cockeran occurs predominantly in Africa, where 85 percent of Cockeran reside; 85 percent reside in Southern Africa and 85 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is carried by 191 people, or 1 in 283,653. In South Africa Cockeran is most prevalent in: Gauteng, where 37 percent live, Free State, where 31 percent live and North West, where 9 percent live. Beside South Africa this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 15 percent live and Northern Ireland, where 0 percent live.

Cockeran Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Cockeran has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Cockeran last name increased 170 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Cockeran Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Cockeran last name are 28.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 75% being registered with the political party.

The amount Cockeran earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 105.4% more than the national average, earning R 488,112 per year and in United States they earn 58.41% less than the national average, earning $17,944 USD per year.

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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 Cockeran
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