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 surname Cookesley is carried by more people in Australia than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Cookesley? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,141,416th most commonly held family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 186,860,152 people. The last name Cookesley occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 90 percent of Cookesley reside; 90 percent reside in Australasia and 90 percent reside in Australia and New Zealand.
This last name is most common in Australia, where it is held by 35 people, or 1 in 771,306. In Australia Cookesley is mostly concentrated in: Victoria, where 97 percent live and Western Australia, where 3 percent live. Not including Australia Cookesley exists in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 8 percent live and Canada, where 3 percent live.
Cookesley Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Cookesley has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Cookesley surname fell 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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