Cockerham

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Cockrum

Etymology

From the name of the River Cocker + Old English hām (“homestead”).

Proper noun

Cockerham (countable and uncountable, plural Cockerhams)

1. A village and civil parish in Lancaster district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4651).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Cockerham is the 6943^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4830 individuals. Cockerham is most common among White (79.03%) and Black/African American (16.81%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Cockerham”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 349.