Cockerham
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English
Alternative forms
- (surname): Cockrum
Etymology
From the name of the River Cocker + Old English hām (“homestead”).
Proper noun
Cockerham (countable and uncountable, plural Cockerhams)
- A village and civil parish in Lancaster district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4651).
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Cockerham is the 6943rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4830 individuals. Cockerham is most common among White (79.03%) and Black/African American (16.81%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Cockerham”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 349.