How common is the surname Adcock?

12,599 people in the United States had the surname Adcock in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 24,506 Americans. It ranked 2,861st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Adcock?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Adcock identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Adcock?

Chris Adcock, badminton player, followed by Frank Adcock.

Where is the surname Adcock most common?

Wikidata records people named Adcock in the United Kingdom, the United States and Australia.

Is the surname Adcock getting more or less common?

More common. 12,550 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,599 in 2010, up 0.4%.

Is Adcock also a first name?

Yes. Adcock is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Adcock

A patronymic surname, carried by 12,599 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex A322

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Adcock is more common than 98.2% of them.

Origin

From a diminutive of Adam + cock as a medieval masculine diminutive suffix.

Adcock is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 12,599 people named Adcock in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 24,506 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 12,550.

#2,861

rank among US surnames

12,599

people in 2010

4.3

per 100,000 Americans

+0.4%

change since 2000 (was #2,647)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,852	Lerma	12,639	24,428
#2,853	Alcantara	12,636	24,434
#2,854	Houck	12,634	24,438
#2,855	Seitz	12,630	24,445
#2,856	Schubert	12,629	24,447
#2,857	Munguia	12,615	24,474
#2,858	Reddy	12,614	24,476

Who is named Adcock

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

94% of people named Adcock identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Two or more races 1.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Adcocks

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Chris Adcock
Badminton player, born 1989
Frank Adcock
British classical historian (1886–1968)
Gabrielle Adcock
Badminton player, born 1990
Joe Adcock
American baseball player (1927-1999)
Liam Adcock
Australian athlete, born 1996

Notable Adcocks come mostly from the United Kingdom (3), the United States (1) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Adcock

Adcox

Adcock has the Soundex code A322, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A322.

Questions

Where does the surname Adcock come from?: From a diminutive of Adam + cock as a medieval masculine diminutive suffix.
How common is the surname Adcock?: 12,599 people in the United States had the surname Adcock in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 24,506 Americans. It ranked 2,861st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Adcock?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Adcock identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Adcock?: Chris Adcock, badminton player, followed by Frank Adcock.
Where is the surname Adcock most common?: Wikidata records people named Adcock in the United Kingdom, the United States and Australia.
What type of surname is Adcock?: Adcock is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Adcock getting more or less common?: More common. 12,550 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,599 in 2010, up 0.4%.
Is Adcock also a first name?: Yes. Adcock is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.