Cockfield Surname

271,355th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,436 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Guyana

Cockfield Surname Definition:

Parishes in Durham and Suffolk.

Cockfield Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States9381:386,41734,021
England2181:255,58720,554
Australia951:284,16525,304
Canada581:635,26952,014
Guyana561:13,6111,890
New Zealand211:215,63421,249
Northern Ireland161:115,3156,804
South Africa71:7,739,672177,858
Wales71:442,07621,198
Trinidad and Tobago41:340,99412,383
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Grenada11:108,5351,793
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
France11:66,422,722504,397
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1411:172,87514,534
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1271:395,42329,402

Cockfield Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Parishes in Durham and Suffolk.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Cockfield Last Name Facts

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

The last name Cockfield is most common in The United States. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Cockfield.

How Common Is The Last Name Cockfield? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 271,355th most widespread last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 5,074,893 people. The last name Cockfield occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 69 percent of Cockfield live; 65 percent live in North America and 65 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most widespread in The United States, where it is carried by 938 people, or 1 in 386,417. In The United States Cockfield is mostly concentrated in: South Carolina, where 29 percent live, Georgia, where 12 percent live and New York, where 11 percent live. Barring The United States this surname exists in 22 countries. It is also found in England, where 15 percent live and Australia, where 7 percent live.

Cockfield Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Cockfield has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 739 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 155 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Cockfield Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Cockfield are 12.19% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 65.42% being registered with the political party.

The amount Cockfield earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 245.32% more than the national average, earning R 820,608 per year; in United States they earn 1.66% less than the national average, earning $42,433 USD per year and in Canada they earn 20.74% more than the national average, earning $59,989 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Cockfild942/
Cokfield941/
Cookfield891/
Cackfield890/
Cauckfield840/
Cogfield820/
Kokfeld751/
Kokfeldt711/
Kokfelt6390/
Kocfeldová6372/
Kaukfeld591/

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