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    The surname Cockcroft

    An English place surname, carried by 342 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C261

    Cockcroft: #59,171 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Cockcroft #59,171, 342 people Cockcroft: #59,171 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Cockcroft #59,171, 342 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cockcroft is more common than 63.5% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    Topographic surname from Old English cocc (“cock, rooster”) + croft (“enclosed field”).

    Cockcroft 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 342 people named Cockcroft in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 902,765 Americans. That is up 15% since 2000, when the Census counted 297.

    #59,171
    rank among US surnames
    342
    people in 2010
    0.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +15.2%
    change since 2000 (was #62,961)

    Who is named Cockcroft

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

    92% of people named Cockcroft identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.0% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 92%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.3%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Cockcrofts

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Luke Rhinehart
      American writer (1932-2020)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Cockroft
    • Cocroft

    Cockcroft has the Soundex code C261, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C261.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Cockcroft come from?
    Topographic surname from Old English cocc (“cock, rooster”) + croft (“enclosed field”).
    How common is the surname Cockcroft?
    342 people in the United States had the surname Cockcroft in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 902,765 Americans. It ranked 59,171st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Cockcroft?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Cockcroft identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Cockcroft?
    Luke Rhinehart, American writer (1932-2020).
    Where is the surname Cockcroft most common?
    Wikidata records people named Cockcroft in the United States.
    What type of surname is Cockcroft?
    Cockcroft is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Cockcroft getting more or less common?
    More common. 297 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 342 in 2010, up 15%.
    What are other spellings of Cockcroft?
    Cockroft and Cocroft.