Cockington Surname

1,333,288th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 168 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Cockington Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cockington Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia1661:162,62516,859
England11:55,718,059489,080
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England51:4,875,074116,529

Cockington Last Name Facts

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

The last name Cockington occurs in Australia more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Cockington? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,333,288th most common last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 43,378,250 people. It is primarily found in Oceania, where 99 percent of Cockington are found; 99 percent are found in Australasia and 99 percent are found in Australia and New Zealand.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Australia, where it is carried by 166 people, or 1 in 162,625. In Australia Cockington is primarily found in: South Australia, where 98 percent reside, New South Wales, where 2 percent reside and Queensland, where 1 percent reside. Barring Australia it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent reside and Peru, where 1 percent reside.

Cockington Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Cockington has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Cockington surname decreased 80 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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Cockington
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