Cookesley Surname
Approximately 39 people bear this surname
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
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 35 | 1:771,306 | 49,759 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 14 | 1:1,741,098 | 55,534 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 1:6,277,336 | 262,771 |
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]
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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cookesly | 94 | 1 | / |
| Cookeley | 94 | 0 | / |
| Cokeley | 88 | 689 | / |
| Cookely | 88 | 0 | / |
| Cokely | 80 | 457 | / |
| Cokele | 80 | 26 | / |
| Cokelet | 75 | 55 | / |
| Cokelez | 75 | 3 | / |
| Coceley | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kokeley | 75 | 1 | / |
| Cokeler | 75 | 0 | / |
| Cokiley | 75 | 0 | / |
| Cockishley | 74 | 0 | / |
| Coqueley | 71 | 20 | / |
| Kokeleya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Cokkeler | 71 | 1 | / |
| Cokelett | 71 | 1 | / |
| Cakeslee | 71 | 0 | / |
| Caakeley | 71 | 0 | / |
| Cokile | 67 | 355 | / |
| Kokele | 67 | 211 | / |
| Kokely | 67 | 34 | / |
| Cokeli | 67 | 12 | / |
| Cokily | 67 | 0 | / |
| Cockelett | 67 | 0 | / |
| Cakely | 67 | 0 | / |
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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
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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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