Cooksey
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English
Etymology
Habitational surname from a minor place in Worcestershire, from the Old English personal name Cucu + -s- + īeġ (“island”).
Proper noun
Cooksey (countable and uncountable, plural Cookseys)
- A surname from Old English.
- An unincorporated community in Dent County, Missouri, United States.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Cooksey is the 5187th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 6740 individuals. Cooksey is most common among White (78.46%) and Black/African American (16.25%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Cooksey”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 363.