How common is the surname Cockburn?

836 people in the United States had the surname Cockburn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 369,313 Americans. It ranked 28,525th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Cockburn?

Alistair Cockburn, American computer programmer, followed by Olivia Wilde.

Where is the surname Cockburn most common?

Wikidata records people named Cockburn in the United States.

How do you pronounce Cockburn?

Cockburn is /ˈkoʊbəɹn/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Cockburn getting more or less common?

Less common. 877 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 836 in 2010, down 4.7%.

The surname Cockburn

An English place surname, carried by 836 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈkoʊbəɹn/ 2 syllables Soundex C216

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cockburn is more common than 82.4% of them.

Origin

English origin

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

Cockburn is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

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 836 people named Cockburn in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 369,313 Americans. That is down 4.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 877.

#28,525

rank among US surnames

836

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

-4.7%

change since 2000 (was #26,215)

Who is named Cockburn

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

79% of people named Cockburn identified as white (not Hispanic), 13% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Cockburns

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Alistair Cockburn
American computer programmer, born 1966
Olivia Wilde
American actress and film director (born 1984)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Coburn

Surnames that sound like Cockburn

Cogburn

Cockburn has the Soundex code C216, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C216.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Cockburn come from?: Scottish habitational surname, from Old English cocc (“cock, rooster”) + burne (“stream, brook, river”).
How common is the surname Cockburn?: 836 people in the United States had the surname Cockburn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 369,313 Americans. It ranked 28,525th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Cockburn?: In the 2010 Census, 79% of people named Cockburn identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Cockburn?: Alistair Cockburn, American computer programmer, followed by Olivia Wilde.
Where is the surname Cockburn most common?: Wikidata records people named Cockburn in the United States.
How do you pronounce Cockburn?: Cockburn is /ˈkoʊbəɹn/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Cockburn?: Cockburn is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Cockburn getting more or less common?: Less common. 877 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 836 in 2010, down 4.7%.
What are other spellings of Cockburn?: Coburn.