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UK surname

Cockin

In the 1881 census there were 339 people recorded with the Cockin surname, ranking it #8,948 among surnames in the records. By 2016, the modern count was 191, ranked #20,194, down from #8,948 in 1881.

The strongest historical links point to Bentley with Arksey, Rowley Regis and Leicester St Margaret and Bishop's Fee, Leicester All Saints, Blackfriars. In the modern distribution records, the strongest local clusters include Doncaster, Barrow-in-Furness and Kirklees.

Across the surname records, the highest recorded count for Cockin is 442 in 1911. Compared with 1881, the name has fallen by 43.7%.

1881 census count

339

Ranked #8,948

Modern count

191

2016, ranked #20,194

Peak year

1911

442 bearers

Map years

9

1851 to 2016

Key insights

  • Cockin had 339 recorded bearers in 1881, making it the #8,948 surname in that year.
  • The latest modern count shown here is 191 in 2016, ranked #20,194.
  • Within the historical census years, the highest count was 442 in 1911.
  • The contemporary neighbourhood profile most associated with the surname is Inner Suburbs and Small Town Living.

Cockin surname distribution map

The map shows where the Cockin surname is concentrated in each census or modern distribution year. Darker areas mean a stronger local concentration.

Distribution map

Cockin surname density by area, 1881 census.

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Timeline

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Cockin over time

The table below tracks recorded surname counts and rank from the 19th-century census years through the modern adult-register period.

Year Period Count Rank
1851 historical 292 #7,807
1861 historical 177 #13,265
1881 historical 339 #8,948
1891 historical 364 #9,538
1901 historical 415 #9,236
1911 historical 442 #8,625
1997 modern 230 #16,109
1998 modern 230 #16,607
1999 modern 226 #16,884
2000 modern 211 #17,603
2001 modern 202 #17,834
2002 modern 215 #17,487
2003 modern 207 #17,746
2004 modern 199 #18,260
2005 modern 193 #18,572
2006 modern 191 #18,825
2007 modern 193 #18,923
2008 modern 190 #19,246
2009 modern 193 #19,463
2010 modern 197 #19,640
2011 modern 197 #19,483
2012 modern 189 #19,949
2013 modern 196 #19,790
2014 modern 200 #19,713
2015 modern 198 #19,714
2016 modern 191 #20,194

Geography

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Where Cockins are most common

Historical parish links are strongest around Bentley with Arksey, Rowley Regis, Leicester St Margaret and Bishop's Fee, Leicester All Saints, Blackfriars, Halesowen (all except Hunnington, Romsley; partly in Halesowen, Worcestershire) and Huddersfield. These are the places where the surname stands out most clearly in the older records.

The modern local-area list points to Doncaster, Barrow-in-Furness, Kirklees, East Riding of Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire. Treat these as concentration signals, not proof that every family line began there.

Some modern areas include a three-digit suffix, such as Leeds 110. The suffix is a small-area code, so it stays in the table while the prose uses the plain place name.

Top historical parishes

Rank Parish Area
1 Bentley with Arksey Yorkshire, West Riding
2 Rowley Regis Staffordshire
3 Leicester St Margaret and Bishop's Fee, Leicester All Saints, Blackfriars Leicestershire
4 Halesowen (all except Hunnington, Romsley; partly in Halesowen, Worcestershire) Staffordshire
5 Huddersfield Yorkshire, West Riding

Top modern areas

Rank Area District
1 Doncaster 004 Doncaster
2 Barrow-in-Furness 001 Barrow-in-Furness
3 Kirklees 059 Kirklees
4 East Riding of Yorkshire 026 East Riding of Yorkshire
5 North Lincolnshire 020 North Lincolnshire

Forenames

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First names often paired with Cockin

These lists show first names that appear often with the Cockin surname in historical and recent records.

Modern profile

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Neighbourhood profile for Cockin

Modern surname records can be compared with neighbourhood classifications. For Cockin, this points to the kinds of places where the surname is most concentrated today.

These neighbourhood labels describe areas, not individual people. They are useful because surnames often cluster through family history, migration, housing patterns and local work. A surname can be strongest in one type of neighbourhood even when people with that name live across the country.

The UK classification gives the national picture. The London classification is more specific to the capital, where housing, age profile, tenure and population mix can look quite different from the rest of the UK.

UK neighbourhood type

UK Output Area Classification

Supergroup

Suburbanites and Peri-Urbanities

Group

Inner Suburbs and Small Town Living

Nationally, the Cockin surname is most associated with neighbourhoods classed as Inner Suburbs and Small Town Living, within Suburbanites and Peri-Urbanities. This does not mean every Cockin household fits that profile, but it gives a useful signal about where the modern surname distribution is strongest.

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Group profile

Families with resident dependent children (but not students) are common. Established family groups and White ethnicity predominate, as do individuals born in the UK. They are more likely than the Supergroup average to have been resident in their terraced, semi-detached, or detached houses for more than one year. Levels of multiple car ownership are high. Properties are owned and typically have surplus living space. Associate professionals and administrative occupations are prevalent, and parents are likely to be in middle age or approaching retirement. Educational attainment is above the Supergroup average. Scattered developments and concentrations are found in many small towns.

Wider pattern

Pervasive throughout the UK, members of this Supergroup typically own (or are buying) their detached, semi-detached or terraced homes. They are also typically educated to A Level/Highers or degree level and work in skilled or professional occupations. Typically born in the UK, some families have children, although the median adult age is above 45 and some property has become under-occupied after children have left home. This Supergroup is pervasive not only in suburban locations, but also in neighbourhoods at or beyond the edge of cities that adjoin rural parts of the country.

London neighbourhood type

London Output Area Classification

Supergroup

The Greater London Mix

Group

Social Rented Sector Professional Support Workers

Within London, Cockin is most associated with areas classed as Social Rented Sector Professional Support Workers, part of The Greater London Mix. This gives the surname a London-specific profile rather than forcing the capital into the same pattern as the rest of the country.

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Group profile

Mainly located in Inner London, these neighbourhoods retain a diverse employment structure, with some concentration in associated professional and technical occupations rather than skilled trades or construction. Social renting is more common and levels of homeownership are low. Many residents identify as Black. There is a lower than average rate of marriage or civil partnership, few that are very old (85 or over) and higher than average incidence of disability.

Wider London pattern

A Supergroup embodying London's diversity in many respects, apart from low numbers of residents identifying as of Bangladeshi, Indian, Pakistani or Other (non-Chinese) Asian ethnicity. There is lower than average prevalence of families with dependent children, while there are above average occurrences of never-married individuals and single-person households. The age distribution is skewed towards younger, single residents and couples without children, with many individuals identifying as of mixed or multiple ethnicity. Social rented or private rented housing is slightly more prevalent than average, and many residents live in flats. Individuals typically work in professional and associated roles in public administration, education or health rather than in elementary occupations in agriculture, energy, water, construction or manufacturing. Incidence of students is slightly below average. Individuals declaring no religion are more prevalent than average and non-use of English at home is below average.

Healthy neighbourhoods

Access to healthy assets and hazards

Cockin is most concentrated in decile 5 for access to healthy assets and hazards. This places the surname near the middle of the scale.

Lower deciles point towards weaker access to healthy assets or stronger exposure to local hazards. Higher deciles point towards stronger access and fewer hazards.

5
Lower access Higher access

Neighbourhood deprivation

Index of Multiple Deprivation

Cockin falls in decile 8 for neighbourhood deprivation. This puts the surname towards the less deprived end of the index.

Decile 1 represents the more deprived end of the scale. Decile 10 represents the less deprived end.

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More deprived Less deprived

Broadband speed

Fixed broadband download speed

The modern neighbourhood pattern for Cockin is most associated with a typical fixed broadband download band of 25-30 mbit/s.

The scale below places that band in context, from slower local download bands through to faster ones.

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Slower band Faster band

Area snapshot

Ethnic group estimate

Most common ethnic group estimate
White - British

This describes the area pattern most associated with Cockin, not the ethnicity of every person with the surname.

1881 census detail

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Cockin families in the 1881 census

These tables use 1881 census entries for people recorded with the Cockin surname. Use the location tables for concentration, then the name and occupation tables for the people behind the surname.

Top counties

Total is the county count. Frequency and index adjust for local population size, so they are better concentration signals. Yorkshire leads with 112 Cockins recorded in 1881 and an index of 3.36x.

County Total Index
Yorkshire 112 3.36x
Staffordshire 52 4.58x
Lincolnshire 30 5.58x
Lancashire 27 0.68x
Worcestershire 23 5.23x
Derbyshire 15 2.85x
Leicestershire 14 3.75x
Durham 11 1.10x
Nottinghamshire 10 2.20x
Surrey 10 0.61x
Berkshire 8 3.17x
Cheshire 8 1.08x
Northamptonshire 7 2.21x
Devon 3 0.43x
Middlesex 3 0.09x
Warwickshire 3 0.35x
Gloucestershire 2 0.30x
Hampshire 2 0.29x
Hertfordshire 2 0.86x
Cornwall 1 0.26x
Kent 1 0.09x
Merionethshire 1 1.62x

Top districts and towns

Districts give a more local view than counties. Total shows raw records, while frequency and index show local concentration. Rowley Regis in Staffordshire leads with 43 Cockins recorded in 1881 and an index of 135.82x.

Place Total Index
Rowley Regis 43 135.82x
Hasbury 14 487.80x
Leicester St Mary 14 46.43x
Huddersfield 13 26.75x
Snaith Cowick 10 502.51x
Eastoft 9 1285.71x
Bentley Cum Arksey 8 459.77x
Brinnington 8 115.27x
Rawcliffe In Goole 8 421.05x
Barrow In Furness 7 12.89x
Hawn 7 853.66x
Holy Trinity 7 8.73x
Openshaw 7 37.43x
Bishopsoil 6 3000.00x
Brightside Bierlow 6 9.17x
Finningley 6 1395.35x
Gilberdike Bishopsoil 6 1250.00x
Knaith Lea Gate Burton 6 1395.35x
North Wingfield 6 255.32x
Rothwell 6 188.68x
Sculcoates 6 11.35x
Beswick 5 48.97x
Byers Green 5 177.31x
Clewer 5 48.31x
Haldenby 5 5000.00x
Halifax 5 10.21x
Kingston On Thames 5 12.69x
Spalding 5 46.82x
Thornton In Bradford 5 45.05x
Church Gresley 4 47.73x
Dronfield 4 59.26x
Gainsborough 4 31.52x
Newington 4 3.22x
Soothill 4 33.20x
Warrington 4 8.45x
West Bromwich 4 6.15x
Birmingham 3 1.06x
Fockerby 3 3333.33x
Hoyland Nether 3 36.67x
Merrington 3 155.44x
Poplar London 3 4.72x
Southcoates 3 16.21x
Winterton 3 162.16x
Barrow On Humber 2 64.10x
Bishopwearmouth 2 2.33x
Bradford 2 10.70x
Cannock 2 10.09x
Clifton 2 5.99x
Dartmouth Townstall 2 70.18x
East Drayton 2 800.00x
Halesowen 2 51.81x
Hinton Ampner 2 454.55x
Hook 2 27.25x
Leeds 2 1.06x
Newark Upon Trent 2 12.27x
Wakefield 2 7.81x
Watford 2 11.12x
Battersea 1 0.81x
Bilton Cum Harrogate 1 8.76x
Blackburn 1 0.94x
Burton Upon Trent 1 3.76x
Devonport 1 12.42x
Falsgrave 1 20.37x
Goole 1 17.89x
Great Crosby 1 9.18x
Halton East 1 312.50x
Hougham 1 14.64x
Howden 1 44.05x
Hunslet 1 1.92x
Kirk Sandall 1 357.14x
New Windsor 1 11.78x
Reading St Lawrence 1 18.52x
Rushton 1 175.44x
Sandhurst 1 20.45x
Sheffield 1 0.94x
Spondon 1 49.26x
Tipton 1 2.87x
Towyn 1 25.84x
Truro St Mary 1 31.25x
West Butterwick With 1 120.48x

Top female names

These are the female first names most often recorded with the Cockin surname in 1881. Names are not merged, so initials, variant spellings and transcription quirks can appear as separate rows.

Name Count
Mary 24
Elizabeth 10
Ann 9
Annie 9
Emma 9
Sarah 9
Jane 8
Martha 8
Eliza 7
Charlotte 5
Ellen 5
Hannah 4
Alice 3
Anna 3
Harriet 3
Maria 3
Sophia 3
Anne 2
Bertha 2
Elizth. 2
Esther 2
Julia 2
Lucy 2
Amelia 1
Betsy 1
Caroline 1
Edith 1
Emily 1
Ethel 1
Ettie 1
Eveline 1
Florence 1
Florry 1
Frances 1
Georgiana 1
Georgina 1
Infant 1
Isabella 1
Jemima 1
Jenny 1
Kate 1
Lavinia 1
Lilia 1
Louisa 1
Lydia 1
Margaret 1
Matilda 1
Mirah 1
Olive 1
Rosa 1

Top male names

These are the male first names most often recorded with the Cockin surname in 1881. Names are not merged, so initials, variant spellings and transcription quirks can appear as separate rows.

Name Count
William 25
John 22
Thomas 22
George 16
Joseph 12
Charles 10
Samuel 8
James 6
Arthur 4
Henry 4
Albert 3
Benjamin 3
Edward 3
Michael 3
Robert 3
Alfred 2
Cornelius 2
David 2
Ely 2
Joe 2
Tom 2
Aaron 1
Anthony 1
Barnard 1
Ben 1
Dyson 1
Edwin 1
Eli 1
Elijah 1
Ernest 1
Fred 1
Frederick 1
Geo. 1
Jas. 1
Jno. 1
Lorenzo 1
Pearson 1
Reginald 1
Richard 1
Thos. 1
Thos.A. 1
Uriah 1
Victor 1
Willm. 1
Wm.K.G. 1

FAQ

Cockin surname: questions and answers

How common was the Cockin surname in 1881?

In 1881, 339 people were recorded with the Cockin surname. That placed it at #8,948 in the surname rankings for that year.

How common is the Cockin surname today?

The latest modern count shown here is 191 in 2016. That gives Cockin a modern rank of #20,194.

What does the Cockin map show?

The map shows local surname concentration for the selected year. Darker areas have a stronger concentration of Cockin bearers relative to the surrounding population.

What records is this surname page based on?

The historical counts come from census surname records. The modern counts and neighbourhood summaries come from later surname distribution records. Counts are recorded bearers in those records, not a live estimate of everyone with the name today.