Cocking
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English
Etymology
From the Old English personal name Cocca + -ing (“(settlement) belonging to”).
Proper noun
Cocking (countable and uncountable, plural Cockings)
- A village and civil parish in Chichester district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref SU8717). [1]
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Cocking is the 41426th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 525 individuals. Cocking is most common among White (92.76%) individuals.
References
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Cocking”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 350.