de Cock Surname

52,239th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9,803 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

de Cock Surname User-submission:

The surname Decock or de Cock means 'cook', a person who prepares food for eating.

de Cock Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium8,7481:1,31449
Netherlands8521:19,8213,120
Spain451:1,038,93438,115
France261:2,554,720189,486
Argentina201:2,137,171104,027
Canada151:2,456,373146,130
United States141:25,889,924709,614
England141:3,979,861125,553
South Africa91:6,019,745157,966
Australia81:3,374,463124,818
Thailand81:8,829,793476,604
Switzerland71:1,173,27469,697
Brazil61:35,679,055486,536
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Lebanon21:2,818,54225,087
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Kosovo11:1,861,86914,990
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland61:738,31121,113

de Cock Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The surname Decock or de Cock means 'cook', a person who prepares food for eating.

- gdecock

The surname Decock or de Cock means 'cook', a person who prepares food for eating.

- gdecock

de Cock Last Name Facts

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

de Cock is found in Belgium more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name de Cock? popularity and diffusion

The surname de Cock is the 52,239th most frequent surname internationally, held by around 1 in 743,400 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 99 percent of de Cock reside; 98 percent reside in Western Europe and 88 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most commonly used in Belgium, where it is held by 8,748 people, or 1 in 1,314. In Belgium de Cock is mostly concentrated in: Flemish Region, where 88 percent live, Walloon Region, where 6 percent live and Brussels Capital Region, where 5 percent live. Without taking into account Belgium this surname occurs in 33 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 9 percent live and Spain, where 0 percent live.

de Cock Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of de Cock has changed through the years. In Ireland the number of people who held the de Cock surname decreased 83 percent between 1901 and 2014.

de Cock Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the de Cock last name is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

de Cock earn notably more than the average income. In Canada they earn 23.99% more than the national average, earning $61,601 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de Couck9371/
de Cockx931/
de Cocke931/
de Cok922/
de Kock8622,167/
de Cocq86518/
de Cook8692/
De-Cock868/
de Coek866/
de Cocg861/
de Kocks8051/
de Chuck801/
de Koeck800/
de Kok776,443/
de Cox776/
de Coq771/
de Coux71127/
de Koke7121/
de Kook7110/
De-Kock714/
de Koek712/
de Jack712/
de Sack711/
de Chak711/
De-Cocq711/
de Zack711/
da Jock711/
de Quack6738/
de Coque6710/
De-Cooke674/
des Jack671/
der Jack671/

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