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    The surname Cockerill

    A surname, carried by 1,111 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex C264

    Cockerill: #23,002 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Cockerill #23,002, 1,111 people Cockerill: #23,002 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Cockerill #23,002, 1,111 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cockerill is more common than 85.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,111 people named Cockerill in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 277,899 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 993.

    #23,002
    rank among US surnames
    1,111
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +11.9%
    change since 2000 (was #23,781)

    Who is named Cockerill

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

    95% of people named Cockerill identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.9%
    • Two or more races 0.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Cockerills

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • John Cockerill
      British businessman (1790-1840)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Cockerill

    Cockerill has the Soundex code C264, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C264.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Cockerill?
    1,111 people in the United States had the surname Cockerill in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 277,899 Americans. It ranked 23,002nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Cockerill?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Cockerill identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Cockerill?
    John Cockerill, British businessman (1790-1840).
    Where is the surname Cockerill most common?
    Wikidata records people named Cockerill in Belgium.
    Is the surname Cockerill getting more or less common?
    More common. 993 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,111 in 2010, up 12%.