How common is the surname Cookson?

3,183 people in the United States had the surname Cookson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 96,998 Americans. It ranked 10,125th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Cookson?

Sophie Cookson, British actress, followed by Isabel Clifton Cookson.

Where is the surname Cookson most common?

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

Is the surname Cookson getting more or less common?

More common. 3,158 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,183 in 2010, up 0.8%.

The surname Cookson

An occupational surname, carried by 3,183 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C250

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cookson is more common than 93.8% of them.

Origin

cook's son

Cookson 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 3,183 people named Cookson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 96,998 Americans. That is up 0.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,158.

#10,125

rank among US surnames

3,183

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+0.8%

change since 2000 (was #9,448)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,119	Hilt	3,185	96,937
#10,122	Ludwick	3,184	96,968
#10,125	Bodden	3,183	96,998
#10,132	Parmenter	3,182	97,029

Who is named Cookson

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

91% of people named Cookson identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as two or more races and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Cooksons

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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

Notable Cooksons come mostly from the United Kingdom (1), Australia (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Cookson

Coogan

Cookson has the Soundex code C250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C250.

Questions

Where does the surname Cookson come from?: cook's son
How common is the surname Cookson?: 3,183 people in the United States had the surname Cookson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 96,998 Americans. It ranked 10,125th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Cookson?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Cookson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as two or more races.
Who is the most famous person named Cookson?: Sophie Cookson, British actress, followed by Isabel Clifton Cookson.
Where is the surname Cookson most common?: Wikidata records people named Cookson in the United Kingdom, Australia and the United States.
What type of surname is Cookson?: Cookson is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Cookson getting more or less common?: More common. 3,158 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,183 in 2010, up 0.8%.