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UK surname

Cockshott

In the 1881 census there were 548 people recorded with the Cockshott surname, ranking it #6,297 among surnames in the records. By 2016, the modern count was 258, ranked #16,449, down from #6,297 in 1881.

The strongest historical links point to Bingley, Kildwick and Preston. In the modern distribution records, the strongest local clusters include Bradford, Pendle and Carlisle.

Across the surname records, the highest recorded count for Cockshott is 598 in 1901. Compared with 1881, the name has fallen by 52.9%.

1881 census count

548

Ranked #6,297

Modern count

258

2016, ranked #16,449

Peak year

1901

598 bearers

Map years

9

1851 to 2016

Key insights

  • Cockshott had 548 recorded bearers in 1881, making it the #6,297 surname in that year.
  • The latest modern count shown here is 258 in 2016, ranked #16,449.
  • Within the historical census years, the highest count was 598 in 1901.
  • The contemporary neighbourhood profile most associated with the surname is Inner Suburbs and Small Town Living.

Cockshott surname distribution map

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

Distribution map

Cockshott surname density by area, 1881 census.

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Timeline

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Cockshott 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 552 #4,585
1861 historical 405 #6,337
1881 historical 548 #6,297
1891 historical 556 #6,822
1901 historical 598 #7,094
1911 historical 587 #6,951
1997 modern 305 #13,377
1998 modern 316 #13,424
1999 modern 320 #13,398
2000 modern 306 #13,742
2001 modern 308 #13,519
2002 modern 317 #13,506
2003 modern 302 #13,752
2004 modern 299 #13,904
2005 modern 283 #14,343
2006 modern 284 #14,396
2007 modern 275 #14,888
2008 modern 273 #15,113
2009 modern 276 #15,300
2010 modern 276 #15,637
2011 modern 273 #15,606
2012 modern 263 #15,954
2013 modern 261 #16,309
2014 modern 264 #16,288
2015 modern 260 #16,361
2016 modern 258 #16,449

Geography

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Where Cockshotts are most common

Historical parish links are strongest around Bingley, Kildwick, Preston, Bradford and Keighley. These are the places where the surname stands out most clearly in the older records.

The modern local-area list points to Bradford, Pendle and Carlisle. 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 Bingley Yorkshire, West Riding
2 Kildwick Yorkshire, West Riding
3 Preston Lancashire
4 Bradford Yorkshire, West Riding
5 Keighley Yorkshire, West Riding

Top modern areas

Rank Area District
1 Bradford 004 Bradford
2 Pendle 003 Pendle
3 Bradford 060 Bradford
4 Pendle 012 Pendle
5 Carlisle 011 Carlisle

Forenames

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First names often paired with Cockshott

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

Modern profile

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Neighbourhood profile for Cockshott

Modern surname records can be compared with neighbourhood classifications. For Cockshott, 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 Cockshott surname is most associated with neighbourhoods classed as Inner Suburbs and Small Town Living, within Suburbanites and Peri-Urbanities. This does not mean every Cockshott 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, Cockshott 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

Cockshott is most concentrated in decile 1 for access to healthy assets and hazards. This places the surname towards the less healthy end of the index.

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

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Lower access Higher access

Neighbourhood deprivation

Index of Multiple Deprivation

Cockshott falls in decile 7 for neighbourhood deprivation. This puts the surname near the middle of the scale.

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 Cockshott is most associated with a typical fixed broadband download band of 30-40 mbit/s.

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

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Area snapshot

Ethnic group estimate

Most common ethnic group estimate
White - British

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

1881 census detail

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Cockshott families in the 1881 census

These tables use 1881 census entries for people recorded with the Cockshott 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 307 Cockshotts recorded in 1881 and an index of 5.80x.

County Total Index
Yorkshire 307 5.80x
Lancashire 148 2.33x
Middlesex 20 0.37x
Hampshire 10 0.91x
Gloucestershire 8 0.76x
Northamptonshire 8 1.59x
Kent 6 0.33x
Lanarkshire 6 0.35x
Warwickshire 6 0.45x
Derbyshire 5 0.60x
Durham 5 0.31x
Cambridgeshire 4 1.18x
Buckinghamshire 3 0.93x
Cheshire 3 0.25x
Worcestershire 2 0.29x
Herefordshire 1 0.46x
Huntingdonshire 1 0.94x
Lincolnshire 1 0.12x
Nottinghamshire 1 0.14x
Rutland 1 2.55x
Selkirkshire 1 2.07x
Surrey 1 0.04x

Top districts and towns

Districts give a more local view than counties. Total shows raw records, while frequency and index show local concentration. Keighley in Yorkshire leads with 52 Cockshotts recorded in 1881 and an index of 92.10x.

Place Total Index
Keighley 52 92.10x
Kildwick 35 726.14x
Preston 22 12.96x
Addingham 19 479.80x
Shipley 17 61.84x
Bingley 16 47.44x
Bradford 12 9.36x
Skipton 12 71.99x
Sutton In Keighley 12 400.00x
Coniston Cold 11 1774.19x
Worsley 11 28.13x
Islington London 10 1.93x
Poulton Barre 10 138.50x
Bradleys Both 9 957.45x
Steeton Cum Eastburn 9 494.51x
Calverley Cum Farsley 8 53.19x
Cheltenham 8 9.89x
Heap 8 23.78x
Holbeck 8 22.80x
Leeds 8 2.67x
Manningham 8 12.26x
Peterborough 8 21.98x
Blackburn 7 4.15x
Clitheroe 7 37.49x
Hunslet 7 8.47x
North Meols 7 11.27x
Portsea 7 3.26x
West Halton 7 2692.31x
Barton Upon Irwell 6 12.57x
Broughton In Salford 6 10.34x
Cheetham 6 12.68x
Gorton 6 10.06x
Govan 6 1.40x
Haworth 6 47.66x
Packwood 6 1132.08x
Prestwich 6 37.93x
Ashton Under Lyne 5 3.61x
Baildon 5 50.15x
Derby St Alkmund 5 19.94x
Halliwell 5 21.66x
Harton 5 79.62x
Kirkdale 5 4.69x
Yeadon 5 41.81x
Burwell 4 98.52x
Draughton 4 1212.12x
Esholt 4 563.38x
Farnhill 4 388.35x
Fulwood 4 58.39x
Great Little Marsden 4 13.76x
Middleton In Oldham 4 21.03x
Northowram 4 10.77x
Shoreditch London 4 1.73x
Stansfield 4 20.52x
Eton 3 40.93x
Farnham 3 1071.43x
Greenwich 3 3.53x
Overton 3 114.50x
Pendleton In Clitheroe 3 125.00x
Settle 3 74.07x
St George In East London 3 5.97x
Ardwick 2 3.50x
Buerton In Nantwich 2 232.56x
Deptford St Paul 2 1.42x
Ilkley 2 23.09x
Kings Norton 2 3.19x
Layton With Warbreck 2 8.59x
Morton In Keighley 2 48.08x
Newall Cum Clifton 2 303.03x
Padiham 2 13.05x
Salford 2 1.07x
Broughton In Preston 1 91.74x
Camberwell 1 0.29x
Cartworth 1 22.83x
Glusburn 1 33.44x
Hazlewood Storiths 1 312.50x
Mansfield 1 4.01x
Melrose 1 8.22x
St Pancras London 1 0.23x
Withington 1 4.89x
Wortley In Bramley 1 2.38x

Top female names

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

Name Count
Mary 37
Sarah 34
Elizabeth 19
Ann 13
Margaret 13
Hannah 11
Jane 11
Ellen 8
Martha 7
Annie 5
Emma 5
Florence 5
Alice 4
Catherine 4
Clara 4
Grace 4
Louisa 4
Susannah 4
Bertha 3
Edith 3
Eliza 3
Emily 3
Esther 3
Fanny 3
Frances 3
Harriet 3
Isabella 3
Nancy 3
Agnes 2
Charlotte 2
Eliz. 2
Ethel 2
Hilda 2
Lucy 2
Phillis 2
Rachel 2
Rose 2
Ruth 2
Selina 2
Winifred 2
Anne 1
Caroline 1
Cathrine 1
Elizbth. 1
Ethelreda 1
Judith 1
Kate 1
Laura 1
Lilian 1
Winnifred 1

Top male names

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

Name Count
John 33
William 26
Thomas 24
Henry 15
James 15
Joseph 11
George 10
Charles 8
Robert 7
Alfred 5
Samuel 5
Arthur 4
Francis 4
Herbert 4
Jonas 4
Christopher 3
Dennis 3
Elijah 3
Frank 3
Fred 3
Jno. 3
Richard 3
Tom 3
Wm. 3
Abraham 2
Caleb 2
David 2
Edmund 2
Edward 2
Moses 2
Thos. 2
Vickers 2
Walter 2
Bertram 1
C. 1
Daniel 1
Edgar 1
Frederick 1
Geo. 1
Harrison 1
Harry 1
Haslam 1
Horace 1
Leonard 1
Lister 1
Morrell 1
Newby 1
Seth 1
Sidney 1
Wm.E. 1

FAQ

Cockshott surname: questions and answers

How common was the Cockshott surname in 1881?

In 1881, 548 people were recorded with the Cockshott surname. That placed it at #6,297 in the surname rankings for that year.

How common is the Cockshott surname today?

The latest modern count shown here is 258 in 2016. That gives Cockshott a modern rank of #16,449.

What does the Cockshott map show?

The map shows local surname concentration for the selected year. Darker areas have a stronger concentration of Cockshott 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.