How common is the surname Cooksey?

6,740 people in the United States had the surname Cooksey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 45,808 Americans. It ranked 5,187th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Cooksey?

John Cooksey, American politician (1941–2022).

Where is the surname Cooksey most common?

Wikidata records people named Cooksey in the United States.

Is the surname Cooksey getting more or less common?

Less common. 6,845 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,740 in 2010, down 1.5%.

The surname Cooksey

An English place surname, carried by 6,740 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cooksey is more common than 96.8% of them.

Origin

English origin

Habitational surname from a minor place in Worcestershire, from the Old English personal name Cucu + -s- + īeġ (“island”).

Cooksey 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 6,740 people named Cooksey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 45,808 Americans. That is down 1.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,845.

#5,187

rank among US surnames

6,740

people in 2010

2.3

per 100,000 Americans

-1.5%

change since 2000 (was #4,737)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,182	Fulcher	6,745	45,774
#5,184	McMaster	6,744	45,781
#5,185	Roeder	6,742	45,794
#5,187	Aziz	6,740	45,808
#5,191	Loftin	6,739	45,815

Who is named Cooksey

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

78% of people named Cooksey identified as white (not Hispanic), 16% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 78%
Black (not Hispanic) 16%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Cookseys

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

John Cooksey
American politician (1941–2022)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Cooksey

Cooksey has the Soundex code C200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C200.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Cooksey come from?: Habitational surname from a minor place in Worcestershire, from the Old English personal name Cucu + -s- + īeġ (“island”).
How common is the surname Cooksey?: 6,740 people in the United States had the surname Cooksey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 45,808 Americans. It ranked 5,187th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Cooksey?: In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Cooksey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 16% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Cooksey?: John Cooksey, American politician (1941–2022).
Where is the surname Cooksey most common?: Wikidata records people named Cooksey in the United States.
What type of surname is Cooksey?: Cooksey is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Cooksey getting more or less common?: Less common. 6,845 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,740 in 2010, down 1.5%.