Cockburn

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English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Scottish habitational surname, from Old English cocc (cock, rooster) + burne (stream, brook, river).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkoʊbəɹn/, /ˈkoʊkbəɹn/

Proper noun

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Cockburn (countable and uncountable, plural Cockburns)

  1. A surname from Old English.
  2. A small town and locality in the outback of South Australia, on the border with New South Wales.
  3. The City of Cockburn, a local government area in Perth, Western Australia, named after Cockburn Sound and Sir George Cockburn.

Descendants

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  • Translingual: cockburni

Statistics

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  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Cockburn is the 28525th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 836 individuals. Cockburn is most common among White (78.95%) and Black/African American (13.4%) individuals.

Further reading

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