Cockburn is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 8 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Cockburn
No. of characters: 8
Origin: England
Meaning: The brook by the hillock, came from cock, a hillock, and burn, a brook

How popular is Cockburn?

Cockburn is common in United States.

Cockburn is ranked 43820 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Cockburns plummeted by 4.675028 per cent to 836 since 2000 and slipped by 2310 spots and ranked at 28525. The last name was found in around 3 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 78.95 83.92
Black 13.4 10.6
Hispanic or Latino 4.19 3.31
Others 2.15 1.14
Cockburn is quite popular family name mostly used in England while Scotland is ahead in terms of density. Around 11042 people have been found who wears Cockburn as their family name. Cockburn is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
823,980 India6
9,053 Senegal5
720,003 Russia4
1,171 Grenada4
6,779 Nicaragua3
457 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines3
1,472 The Bahamas2
993 Guernsey2
18,625 Japan2
91,784 Netherlands2
65,594 Belgium2
5,630 Northern Ireland2
23,344 Austria2
14,004 Hungary2
2,190 Barbados1
2,374 Bermuda1
810,193 Indonesia1
8,181 Botswana1
169,904 Brazil1
8,859 Iraq1
25,746 Finland1
17,575 Kuwait1
5,872 Namibia1
3,350 Fiji1
24,176 Qatar1
36,814 Romania1
36,678 Singapore1
49,101 Denmark1
2,211 Brunei1
7,790 Zambia1
799 British Virgin Islands1
15,162 Costa Rica1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
155,398 France49
6,873 Ireland44
26,164 Sweden36
57,245 Spain31
36,547 Switzerland27
55,829 Zimbabwe16
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
3,075 Panama98
17,601 United Arab Emirates54
Countries with hundreds of Cockburn:
8,809 South Africa731
1,276 New Zealand575
7,448 Peru285
71,225 Germany134
1,446 Trinidad and Tobago127
3,358 Wales113
2,171 Jamaica107
Countries with thousands of Cockburn:
2,324 England3,425
3,331 Canada1,416
617 Scotland1,365
2,430 Australia1,279
28,160 United States1,071
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Shoemaker Robert Cockburn from Scotland aboard the Arrick from Liverpool during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 30 years old when he arrived in USA on February 28, 1849. 32 years old Mrs Cockburn, Robert Cockburn, aged 4, 2 years old Charles Cockburn, Margaret Cockburn (1), James Cockburn (35) Immigrant, Immigrant Robert Cockburn, David Cockburn (19) Immigrant, Rob. Cockburn (14) Workman, 42 years old Henry-Day Cockburn, and 2 other Cockburn around 71.43% of whom were workman migrated to US from Liverpool, Londonderry, Glasgow and Sligo.

Cockburn Namesakes

  • Patrick Cockburn, Journalist
  • Sir Alexander Cockburn, 12th Baronet, Politician
  • Alistair Cockburn, Software developer
  • Arlene Cockburn, Actor
  • Sir Alexander Cockburn, 12th Baronet, Politician
  • Bruce Cockburn, Singer-songwriter
  • Adam Cockburn, Child actor
  • Catharine Trotter Cockburn, Novelist
  • Bruce Cockburn, Singer-songwriter
  • Bruce Cockburn, Singer-songwriter

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