# Cookson (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/cookson/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,183 |
| US rank (2010) | 10,125 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 96,998 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.8% (3,158 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

cook's son

## Who carries it

Share of people named Cookson in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 91% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.5% |
| Two or more races | 2.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Cookson in the United Kingdom, Australia and the United States.

## People named Cookson

- Sophie Cookson, British actress
- Isabel Clifton Cookson, Australian botanist and palaeobotanist (1893–1973)
- Peter Cookson, American actor (1913-1990)

## Similar surnames

Coogan, Chacon, Cason, Chism, Cosme, Casiano, Chesney, Ciccone, Cogan, Chiasson, Cousin, Chaisson.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.