Cockney Surname

1,478,479th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 143 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Canada
Highest density in:
Canada

Cockney Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cockney Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Canada921:400,49635,373
South Africa341:1,593,46280,086
England101:5,571,806158,774
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England71:3,482,19689,582
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States141:3,587,049158,810

Cockney Last Name Facts

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

The surname Cockney is borne by more people in Canada than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Cockney? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,478,479th most widespread last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 50,961,860 people. It is mostly found in The Americas, where 66 percent of Cockney reside; 66 percent reside in North America and 66 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most numerous in Canada, where it is carried by 92 people, or 1 in 400,496. In Canada Cockney is mostly found in: Northwest Territories, where 99 percent reside and Alberta, where 1 percent reside. Aside from Canada it occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 24 percent reside and England, where 7 percent reside.

Cockney Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Cockney has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Cockney surname increased 143 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it declined 86 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Cockney Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Cockney earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 71.45% less than the national average, earning R 67,836 per year and in Canada they earn 13.58% more than the national average, earning $56,428 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Scockney931/
Cocney920/
Cockny920/
Cookney86154/
Cuckney8665/
Kockney862/
Sockney862/
Cockner860/
Coocney860/
Jockney860/
Zockneyi8035/
Chuckney807/
Chocnhey801/
Cocknett800/
Coknez7713/
Kokney775/
Zockne771/
Jocney771/
Cokner771/
Coocne771/
Coucne771/
Zockneyih751/
Sackney7162/
Zokneyi7118/
Socknyi7116/
Chackny7110/
Zackney7110/
Tchokne716/
Kocknet715/
Tsokney714/
Kackney713/
Zocneyi712/
Kockner712/
Jackney711/
Zocknei711/
Chacney711/
Jookney711/
Coscner711/
Kocknes710/
Kokne67622/
Cakne674/
Chokhnee673/
Kokny672/
Tchoukne671/
Tchokgne671/
Sokne671/
Jokne671/
Jokinney671/
Jokenney671/
Kocny671/
Kocne670/

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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 Cockney
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