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    The surname Cockrum

    A surname, carried by 2,312 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C265

    Cockrum: #13,219 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Cockrum #13,219, 2,312 people Cockrum: #13,219 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Cockrum #13,219, 2,312 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cockrum is more common than 91.9% of them.

    Origin

    Probably a reduced form of Cockerham or a variant of Cochrane.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,312 people named Cockrum in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 133,540 Americans. That is up 3.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,245.

    #13,219
    rank among US surnames
    2,312
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3%
    change since 2000 (was #12,647)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,210Wigfall2,314133,425
    #13,214Pattillo2,313133,483
    #13,219Devitt2,312133,540
    #13,221Vanvalkenburg2,311133,598
    #13,226Mance2,310133,656

    Who is named Cockrum

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

    88% of people named Cockrum identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 88%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 4.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Cockrums

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Dave Cockrum
      American comics artist (1943–2006)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Cockrum

    Cockrum has the Soundex code C265, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C265.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Cockrum come from?
    Probably a reduced form of Cockerham or a variant of Cochrane.
    How common is the surname Cockrum?
    2,312 people in the United States had the surname Cockrum in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 133,540 Americans. It ranked 13,219th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Cockrum?
    In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Cockrum identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Cockrum?
    Dave Cockrum, American comics artist (1943–2006).
    Where is the surname Cockrum most common?
    Wikidata records people named Cockrum in the United States.
    Is the surname Cockrum getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,245 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,312 in 2010, up 3.0%.