Cockerell Surname

224,803rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,809 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Australia

Cockerell Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a nickname. 'the cockerel'; Middle English coterel, a little cock.' Cokerelle: gallus' (Prompt. Parv).

Geoffrey Cokerell, Norfolk, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

John Cokerel, Yorkshire, ibid.

Reginald Kokerel, Cambridgeshire, ibid.

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Cockerell Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6201:584,61147,805
England5071:109,89811,376
Australia4591:58,8147,139
South Africa671:808,62254,680
Scotland531:101,0156,880
New Zealand491:92,41512,718
Canada241:1,535,233104,339
Wales161:193,40812,484
France21:33,211,361423,184
China21:683,660,78330,601
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3691:66,0587,550
Jersey11:51,8823,898
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2371:211,89318,185

Cockerell Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a nickname. 'the cockerel'; Middle English coterel, a little cock.' Cokerelle: gallus' (Prompt. Parv).

Geoffrey Cokerell, Norfolk, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

John Cokerel, Yorkshire, ibid.

Reginald Kokerel, Cambridgeshire, ibid.

Matilda Cokrell, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Elias Cokrell, 1379: ibid.

Alicia Cokerell, 1379: ibid.

1530. Clement Cokerell and Margaret Edmonds: Marriage Lic. (London).

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

Bernard de Cokerel, doubtless an Englishman, was one of an inquisition held at Perth in 1305 to inquire into the dealings of Michael de Miggel with Sir William le Waleys (Bain, II, p. 456).

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

= Cock (q.v.) + the double diminutive suff. -erel [Middle English cockerel, &c., a young cock] Cp. the corresp. French Co(c)querel.

Ant: Which of them, he or Adrian, for a good wager first begins to crow? Seb: The old cock.

Ant: The cockrel.—Shak., Temp. II. 1.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Old English, cokerelle. A young cock, "gall ulus." Prompt. Parv.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From Coquerel, near Evreux, Normandy. In 1165 Illyas de Kokerel held fiefs in Gloucester from Bohun and Neumarché, and William K. from Giffard E. of Bucks (Liber Niger). Fulco Cokerel held in Gloucester 13th cent. (Testa de Neville). In 1324 Sir William Cockerell was returned from Essex to attend a great council at Westminster, PPW. The baronets Cockerell (now Rushout) are of this race.

The Norman People (1874)

From the French, Cocquerel; a personal name From Cocherel; a location name in Normandy, or Cockerhill, Cheshire Richard Cokerell in Rotuli de Oblatis et Finibus, King John

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Cockerill: Cockerill is a name that probably has its original home in Yorkshire. During last century a numerous family of the name resided in Wappenham, Northamptonshire (B.).

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Cockerell Last Name Facts

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

Cockerell is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Cockerell? popularity and diffusion

Cockerell is the 224,803rd most widespread surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 4,028,494 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 36 percent of Cockerell live; 36 percent live in North America and 35 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is held by 620 people, or 1 in 584,611. In The United States it is most frequent in: Texas, where 51 percent live, Ohio, where 9 percent live and Kentucky, where 6 percent live. Aside from The United States this surname exists in 17 countries. It is also found in England, where 28 percent live and Australia, where 25 percent live.

Cockerell Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Cockerell has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 262 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 137 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Cockerell Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Cockerell last name are 12.01% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 58.78% being registered with the party.

The amount Cockerell earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 36.12% more than the national average, earning R 323,472 per year; in United States they earn 1.75% less than the national average, earning $42,393 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.61% more than the national average, earning $52,472 CAD per year.

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