Cookesley Surname

3,141,416th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 39 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Cookesley Surname Definition:

(English) belonging to Cooksley = either Cook’s Lea or for Cock’s Lea [Middle English ley, Old English leáh, a lea]

Cookesley Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia351:771,30649,759
England31:18,572,686338,250
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England141:1,741,09855,534
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Cookesley Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) belonging to Cooksley = either Cook’s Lea or for Cock’s Lea [Middle English ley, Old English leáh, a lea]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Cookesley Last Name Facts

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

The last name Cookesley is more frequently found in Australia than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Cookesley click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Cookesley? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,141,416th most commonly held family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 186,860,152 people. This surname is predominantly found in Oceania, where 90 percent of Cookesley live; 90 percent live in Australasia and 90 percent live in Australia and New Zealand.

The last name Cookesley is most frequently held in Australia, where it is held by 35 people, or 1 in 771,306. In Australia Cookesley is primarily found in: Victoria, where 97 percent reside and Western Australia, where 3 percent reside. Not including Australia this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 8 percent reside and Canada, where 3 percent reside.

Cookesley Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Cookesley has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Cookesley last name declined 79 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Cookesly941/
Cookeley940/
Cokeley88689/
Cookely880/
Cokely80457/
Cokele8026/
Cokelet7555/
Cokelez753/
Coceley751/
Kokeley751/
Cokeler750/
Cokiley750/
Cockishley740/
Coqueley7120/
Kokeleya711/
Cokkeler711/
Cokelett711/
Cakeslee710/
Caakeley710/
Cokile67355/
Kokele67211/
Kokely6734/
Cokeli6712/
Cokily670/
Cockelett670/
Cakely670/

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Cookesley
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