How common is the surname Pocock?

1,277 people in the United States had the surname Pocock in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 241,774 Americans. It ranked 20,709th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Pocock?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Pocock identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Pocock?

David Pocock, Australian rugby union player and politician, followed by Tim Pocock.

Where is the surname Pocock most common?

Wikidata records people named Pocock in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Zimbabwe and Australia.

Is the surname Pocock getting more or less common?

More common. 1,204 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,277 in 2010, up 6.1%.

The surname Pocock

A nickname surname, carried by 1,277 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex P220

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pocock is more common than 87.2% of them.

Origin

Variant of Peacock.

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

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,277 people named Pocock in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 241,774 Americans. That is up 6.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,204.

#20,709

rank among US surnames

1,277

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+6.1%

change since 2000 (was #20,484)

Who is named Pocock

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

93% of people named Pocock identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Two or more races 2.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Pococks

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

David Pocock
Australian rugby union player and politician, born 1988
Tim Pocock
Australian actor and pianist, born 1985
Nicholas Pocock
British artist (1740-1821)
Lena Ashwell
British actress and acting manager (1872–1957)

Notable Pococks come mostly from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (2), Zimbabwe (1) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Pocock

Peacock

Pocock has the Soundex code P220, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P220.

Questions

Where does the surname Pocock come from?: Variant of Peacock.
How common is the surname Pocock?: 1,277 people in the United States had the surname Pocock in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 241,774 Americans. It ranked 20,709th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Pocock?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Pocock identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Pocock?: David Pocock, Australian rugby union player and politician, followed by Tim Pocock.
Where is the surname Pocock most common?: Wikidata records people named Pocock in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Zimbabwe and Australia.
What type of surname is Pocock?: Pocock is a nickname surname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor.
Is the surname Pocock getting more or less common?: More common. 1,204 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,277 in 2010, up 6.1%.