Cockling Surname

3,055,934th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 41 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Cockling Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cockling Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England381:1,466,26563,675
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England861:283,43519,633
Wales31:522,80514,314
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States221:2,282,667111,005

Cockling Last Name Facts

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

The last name Cockling is most common in England. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Cockling? popularity and diffusion

Cockling is the 3,055,934th most numerous last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 177,745,022 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Cockling live; 98 percent live in Northern Europe and 98 percent live in British Isles.

Cockling is most commonly occurring in England, where it is carried by 38 people, or 1 in 1,466,265. In England it is primarily found in: Greater London, where 26 percent live, Hertfordshire, where 24 percent live and Essex, where 16 percent live. Barring England Cockling occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Scotland, where 5 percent live and Canada, where 2 percent live.

Cockling Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Cockling has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the last name fell 56 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
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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 Cockling
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