Cocking

See also: cocking

English

Etymology

From the Old English personal name Cocca + -ing (“(settlement) belonging to”).

Proper noun

Cocking (countable and uncountable, plural Cockings)

1. A village and civil parish in Chichester district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref SU8717).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Cocking is the 41426^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 525 individuals. Cocking is most common among White (92.76%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Cocking”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 350.