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    The surname Cogbill

    An English nickname surname, carried by 558 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C214

    Cogbill: #39,419 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Cogbill #39,419, 558 people Cogbill: #39,419 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Cogbill #39,419, 558 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cogbill is more common than 75.7% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    Unclear, but possibly a nickname from either Middle English cok (“cock, rooster”) + bill (“beak”) or Middle English cokebelle (“small bell”).

    Cogbill is a nickname surname: from a description or nickname of an ancestor.

    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 558 people named Cogbill in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 553,307 Americans. That is up 5.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 527.

    #39,419
    rank among US surnames
    558
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.9%
    change since 2000 (was #39,304)

    Who is named Cogbill

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

    86% of people named Cogbill identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 86%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 9.5%
    • Two or more races 2.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Cogbill has the Soundex code C214, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C214.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Cogbill come from?
    Unclear, but possibly a nickname from either Middle English cok (“cock, rooster”) + bill (“beak”) or Middle English cokebelle (“small bell”).
    How common is the surname Cogbill?
    558 people in the United States had the surname Cogbill in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 553,307 Americans. It ranked 39,419th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Cogbill?
    In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Cogbill identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
    What type of surname is Cogbill?
    Cogbill is a nickname surname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor.
    Is the surname Cogbill getting more or less common?
    More common. 527 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 558 in 2010, up 5.9%.
    What are other spellings of Cogbill?
    Cogdell and Cogdill.