# Cockburn (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/cockburn/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 836 |
| US rank (2010) | 28,525 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 369,313 people |
| Change since 2000 | -4.7% (877 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈkoʊbəɹn/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | Coburn |

## Etymology

Scottish habitational surname, from Old English cocc (“cock, rooster”) + burne (“stream, brook, river”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Cockburn in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 79% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 13% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.2% |
| Two or more races | 2.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Cockburn in the United States.

## People named Cockburn

- Alistair Cockburn, American computer programmer
- Olivia Wilde, American actress and film director (born 1984)

## Similar surnames

Cogburn, Casper, Cosper, Casperson, Chesbrough.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.