Pocock is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Pocock
No. of characters: 6
Origin: England
Meaning:

Pocock is variant form of Bocock. See Bawcock - A diminutive of Baldwin.

Po is semi-Saxon for peacock, and the last syllable has only been added, as in the cases of turkey-cock and cock-sparrow. "As proud as a Po," seems to have been a very ancient proverbial saying. Chaucer describes his 'Yeman' as bearing under his belt-
"A shef of pocock arwes bright and kene:"
—that is arrows 'fighted' with peacock feathers; and in Bodl. M.S., 264, as cited by Halliwell, we read-
"A fair pokok of pris men paien to Juno;"
that is, "men offer to Juno (to whom the bird was sacred) a beautiful and costly peacock."
From the fancied indelicacy of this surname, it has been ridiculously modified, in pronunciation, to Poke, Palk, Polk, and Pocket! The forms in Hundred Rolls are Pocok, Pokok, Poukoc, etc.

How popular is Pocock?

Pocock is common in England, United States, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Wales, South Africa.

Pocock is ranked 51932 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Pocock bearers increased by 6.06 per cent in 2010 US census to 1277 since 2000, the surname slipped by 225 spots and ranked at 20709. The last name was found in around 4 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 93.34 94.1
Hispanic or Latino 2.66 2.33
Others 2.27 1.91
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 1.02 1
Pocock is quite popular family name mostly used in England however Gibraltar lie ahead in terms of density. Around 9865 people have been found who wears Pocock as their family name. Pocock is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Pocock:
1,848 England4,452
19,542 United States1,826
2,161 Australia1,777
Countries with hundreds of Pocock:
7,126 Canada608
2,417 New Zealand326
1,513 Wales224
30,241 South Africa169
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
5,787 Scotland69
4,582 Bahrain59
5,084 Ireland52
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
837 Malta30
7,666 Singapore30
12,265 Portugal28
420 Gibraltar19
59,260 Zimbabwe17
5,162 Cyprus17
205,224 Germany14
72,236 Spain12
138,643 Argentina12
407,040 Thailand11
7,645 Panama11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
350,626 Brazil10
434 Monaco9
2,872 Jersey7
51,993 United Arab Emirates6
349,096 France6
55,922 Qatar6
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Pocock Namesakes

  • Nancy Meek Pocock, 1987 recipient of the Pearson Medal of Peace for her work
  • Philip Pocock, Canadian artist, photographer and researcher
  • John Pocock, British Army officer and a Colonel of the King's Regiment of Foot
  • Nicholas Pocock, British artist
  • H. R. S. Pocock, British author
  • Philip Francis Pocock, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Toronto
  • Reginald Innes Pocock, British zoologist
  • George Pocock, British officer of the Royal Navy
  • Blair Pocock, New Zealand cricket player
  • J. G. A. Pocock, historian of political thought from New Zealand
  • Pat Pocock, English former cricketer
  • Nick Pocock, Venezuelan-born cricketer

Pocock Namesakes

  • Nancy Meek Pocock, 1987 recipient of the Pearson Medal of Peace for her work
  • Philip Pocock, Canadian artist, photographer and researcher
  • John Pocock, British Army officer and a Colonel of the King's Regiment of Foot
  • Nicholas Pocock, British artist
  • H. R. S. Pocock, British author
  • Philip Francis Pocock, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Toronto
  • Reginald Innes Pocock, British zoologist
  • George Pocock, British officer of the Royal Navy
  • Blair Pocock, New Zealand cricket player
  • J. G. A. Pocock, historian of political thought from New Zealand
  • Pat Pocock, English former cricketer
  • Nick Pocock, Venezuelan-born cricketer

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