How common is the surname Alcock?

1,366 people in the United States had the surname Alcock in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 226,022 Americans. It ranked 19,716th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Alcock?

Milly Alcock, Australian actress (born 2000), followed by John Alcock.

Where is the surname Alcock most common?

Wikidata records people named Alcock in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Australia and the United Kingdom.

Is the surname Alcock getting more or less common?

More common. 1,303 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,366 in 2010, up 4.8%.

The surname Alcock

An English surname, carried by 1,366 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex A422

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Alcock is more common than 87.8% of them.

Origin

English origin

From a hypocoristic form of several given names beginning with Al-, like Alan and Alexander, + the Middle English diminutive suffix -cok. Compare other surname like Hancock and Wilcock.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,366 people named Alcock in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 226,022 Americans. That is up 4.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,303.

#19,716

rank among US surnames

1,366

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+4.8%

change since 2000 (was #19,248)

Who is named Alcock

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

87% of people named Alcock identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 87%
Black (not Hispanic) 6.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.7%
Two or more races 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Alcocks

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Milly Alcock
Australian actress (born 2000)
John Alcock
British captain in the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force (1892-1919)
Charles W. Alcock
British cricketer, footballer and football administrator (1842-1907)
Helen Troke
British badminton player, born 1964

Notable Alcocks come mostly from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (2), Australia (1) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Allcock

Surnames that sound like Alcock

Alcocer

Alcock has the Soundex code A422, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A422.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Alcock come from?: From a hypocoristic form of several given names beginning with Al-, like Alan and Alexander, + the Middle English diminutive suffix -cok. Compare other surname like Hancock and Wilcock.
How common is the surname Alcock?: 1,366 people in the United States had the surname Alcock in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 226,022 Americans. It ranked 19,716th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Alcock?: In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Alcock identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Alcock?: Milly Alcock, Australian actress (born 2000), followed by John Alcock.
Where is the surname Alcock most common?: Wikidata records people named Alcock in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Australia and the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Alcock getting more or less common?: More common. 1,303 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,366 in 2010, up 4.8%.
What are other spellings of Alcock?: Allcock.