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    The surname Cogger

    An occupational surname, carried by 315 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C260

    Cogger: #63,373 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Cogger #63,373, 315 people Cogger: #63,373 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Cogger #63,373, 315 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cogger is more common than 60.9% of them.

    Origin

    From cog (“ship of burden”) + -er, hence an occupational surname for a boat or cog builder or, more likely, for a sailor or master of a cog.

    Cogger is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 315 people named Cogger in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 980,145 Americans. That is up 4.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 302.

    #63,373
    rank among US surnames
    315
    people in 2010
    0.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.3%
    change since 2000 (was #62,046)

    Who is named Cogger

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

    85% of people named Cogger identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.7% as two or more races and 6.0% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

    • White (not Hispanic) 85%
    • Two or more races 6.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 6.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Hispanic, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Cogger

    Cogger has the Soundex code C260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C260.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Cogger come from?
    From cog (“ship of burden”) + -er, hence an occupational surname for a boat or cog builder or, more likely, for a sailor or master of a cog.
    How common is the surname Cogger?
    315 people in the United States had the surname Cogger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 980,145 Americans. It ranked 63,373rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Cogger?
    In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Cogger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.7% as two or more races.
    What type of surname is Cogger?
    Cogger is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Cogger getting more or less common?
    More common. 302 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 315 in 2010, up 4.3%.