Coggill Surname

2,203,767th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 74 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Scotland

Coggill Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Cockhill.' Some spot in the West Riding Yorkshire. The West Riding directories seem alone to have preserved the correct form. Several of these forms may be corruptions of the Yorkshire Cowgill, which see.

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Coggill Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England401:1,392,95161,553
Scotland271:198,29010,618
Wales41:773,63329,106
France21:33,211,361423,184
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland61:738,31121,113
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England631:386,91123,603
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Coggill Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Cockhill.' Some spot in the West Riding Yorkshire. The West Riding directories seem alone to have preserved the correct form. Several of these forms may be corruptions of the Yorkshire Cowgill, which see. There seems to be a spot in Somerset bearing this name.

Elizabetha de Cokhill, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Johannes de Cokhill, 1379: ibid.

Mathew de Cokhull, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.

John Cokhull, Somerset, 1 Edward III: ibid.

1692. Baptised — Joseph, s. Edward Coggill: St. James, Clerkenwell.

1802. Married — Charles William Doyle and Sophia Cramer; witness, John Coghill: St. George, Hanover Square.

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

A respelling of the name Cocle, which see. Families of this name are numerous in Caithness today. Mr. James Henry Coghill in his The Family of Coghill (Cambridge, Mass., 1879) erroneously claims that the Caithness Coghills are a branch of the Coghills of Knaresborough in the West Riding of Yorkshire.

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

The baronet descends from John Cockhill of Cockhill, gent., who lived at Knaresborough, co. York, temp. Richard II.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Coggill Last Name Facts

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

The last name Coggill occurs in England more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Coggill? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,203,767th most frequently used surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 98,480,350 people. The surname Coggill is mostly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Coggill live; 96 percent live in Northern Europe and 96 percent live in British Isles.

This last name is most commonly held in England, where it is carried by 40 people, or 1 in 1,392,951. In England Coggill is most frequent in: West Yorkshire, where 60 percent reside, Cambridgeshire, where 13 percent reside and Devon, where 13 percent reside. Not including England this last name is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Scotland, where 36 percent reside and Wales, where 5 percent reside.

Coggill Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Coggill has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Coggill surname decreased 37 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it decreased 87 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Coggill Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Coggill last name is primarily Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Coggsill932/
Cogghill931/
Cogguill931/
Cogill921,020/
Coggil920/
Coghill864,510/
Cougill86443/
Coguill8615/
Cogzill8615/
Codgill8611/
Congill862/
Chogill862/
Coygill860/
Coggell860/
Cogsill860/
Cogil83992/
Coill8319/
Cgill8311/
Coughill8025/
Coungill801/
Tchoggil801/
Coggsell800/
Cogdgell800/
Cochgill800/
Cogiel77739/
Cougil77217/
Coille77203/
Cotill77168/
Coxill77112/
Congil77102/
Cogell7756/
Coyill779/
Cogsil778/
Cagill772/
Coghil772/
Kogill772/
Jogill771/
Cosill771/
Caggil770/
Cugill770/
Coll7333,583/
Coil732,905/
Cogl735/
Cogzell71239/
Coucill71187/
Cossill71134/
Czogiel7161/
Cochill7132/
Choigil7126/
Couguil7115/
Codgell715/
Chougil715/
Caghill714/
Caugill713/
Cogsell713/
Cousill712/
Cottill712/
Casgill712/
Coscill711/
Scagill711/
Cahgill711/
Congell711/
Congiel711/
Coyhill711/
Caguill711/
Conghil711/
Cosgell710/
Coungil710/
Cougell710/
Koggell710/
Cangill710/
Colle6710,210/
Coull674,526/
Coile671,142/
Caughill67274/
Jogil67186/
Kogil67184/
Caill67182/
Cosil67151/
Cogli67136/
Cagil6763/
Cooll6760/
Coell6741/
Cogel6723/
Sczogiel6715/
Tschoggl6713/
Cotil6712/
Ciongiel6711/
Colld675/
Coogl672/
Chogl672/
Sogil672/
Collt672/
Cauguill671/
Ceill671/
Coughell671/
Cocil671/
Cogld671/
Cohll671/
Cuill671/
Coyil671/
Joggl671/
Coial671/
Coghl671/
Cookhill670/
Coihl670/
Cocksill670/
Coiel670/

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