Cockshoot Surname

1,907,068th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 95 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Scotland

Cockshoot Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Cockshut,' a chapelry in the parish of Ellesmere, Salop But there is strong evidence of the existence of another place of the same name in Lancashire or the West Riding of of Yorkshire Cotshott is an American variant.

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Cockshoot Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England611:913,41146,955
United States261:13,940,728505,428
Scotland71:764,83125,488
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1461:166,95514,226
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Cockshoot Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Cockshut,' a chapelry in the parish of Ellesmere, Salop But there is strong evidence of the existence of another place of the same name in Lancashire or the West Riding of of Yorkshire Cotshott is an American variant.

Edmund Cockshott, 1662: Preston Guild Rolls.

Alice Cockshutt, of Padiham. widow, 1630: Wills at Chester.

Edward Cockshutt, of Walton-le-dale, 1628: ibid.

1794. Married — Thomas Cockshott and Elizabeth Mason: St. George, Hanover Square.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(English) Dweller near a Wood-cock Net-Trap [Old English cocc, cock; scyttan, to shut (if not sceótan, to shoot] If thou (to catch a woodcocke) snare me so, Ile flutter in thy cocke-shoote till I go.— Davies, Scourge of Folly, A.D. 1611; T. Wright.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Cockshoot Last Name Facts

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

The surname Cockshoot is found in England more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Cockshoot? popularity and diffusion

The last name Cockshoot is the 1,907,068th most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 76,711,010 people. The surname Cockshoot is mostly found in Europe, where 73 percent of Cockshoot are found; 73 percent are found in Northern Europe and 73 percent are found in British Isles.

The surname Cockshoot is most common in England, where it is carried by 61 people, or 1 in 913,411. In England Cockshoot is most frequent in: Greater Manchester, where 46 percent are found, Northamptonshire, where 26 percent are found and Lancashire, where 10 percent are found. Apart from England this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 27 percent are found and Scotland, where 7 percent are found.

Cockshoot Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Cockshoot has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the last name contracted 58 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it grew 371 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Cockshoot Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Cockshoot surname are 10.37% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 57.14% being registered to vote for the political party.

Cockshoot earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 5.61% more than the national average, earning $45,571 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Cockshot944/
Cockshott89471/
Cockshout895/
Cockshoit891/
Cookshoot890/
Cockshut828/
Cockshutt78248/
Cookshott784/
Cochshott781/
Cockchott781/
Cockshute780/
Choksot75138/
Cockshutte749/
Coxshott718/
Jockschat6746/
Coccho6719/
Soksot678/
Coksoz673/
Cocsio671/
Cochshutt671/

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