Cooksey

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)

1. A surname from Old English.
2. An unincorporated community in Dent County, Missouri, United States.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Cooksey is the 5187^th 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 City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 363.

Anagrams

• cookeys