Cookingham Surname

676,370th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 441 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Cookingham Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cookingham Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4351:833,23963,771
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
England11:55,718,059489,080
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2801:179,35215,996

Cookingham Last Name Facts

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

The last name Cookingham occurs most in The United States. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Cookingham? popularity and diffusion

The surname Cookingham is the 676,370th most frequently used surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 16,525,047 people. The surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 99 percent of Cookingham reside; 99 percent reside in North America and 98 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The surname Cookingham is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 435 people, or 1 in 833,239. In The United States Cookingham is most frequent in: New York, where 25 percent live, Michigan, where 23 percent live and California, where 11 percent live. Not including The United States Cookingham exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Mexico, where 1 percent live and Ireland, where 0 percent live.

Cookingham Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Cookingham has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 155 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Cookingham Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Cookingham are 10.22% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 56.99% being registered to vote for the political party.

Cookingham earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 5.62% more than the national average, earning $45,575 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Cookingaham951/
Cokingham950/
Cockingham905/
Cocingham841/
Sackingham800/
Chokngam78195/
Sookngam7818/
Chockngam741/
Sokinggam741/
Sokngam712/
Chakngam675/
Sakngam5941/
Jakngam591/
Sakaengam53136/
Kakeengam531/

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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
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Cookingham
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