Cocklen Surname

2,979,664th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 43 people bear this surname

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

Cocklen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cocklen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa411:1,321,40772,211
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Guernsey51:6,5311,136
England31:8,125,123158,686
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Cocklen Last Name Facts

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

The surname Cocklen is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Cocklen.

How Common Is The Last Name Cocklen? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,979,664th most frequent last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 169,477,812 people. The last name Cocklen is primarily found in Africa, where 95 percent of Cocklen live; 95 percent live in Southern Africa and 95 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most frequent in South Africa, where it is carried by 41 people, or 1 in 1,321,407. In South Africa Cocklen is mostly concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 95 percent reside, Gauteng, where 2 percent reside and Western Cape, where 2 percent reside. Aside from South Africa this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 5 percent reside.

Cocklen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Cocklen has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name fell 71 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Cocklen Last Name Statistics demography

Cocklen earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 31.58% less than the national average, earning R 162,588 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 Cocklen
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