Cockfield

English

Etymology

From the Old English personal name Cocca or Cohha + feld (“field”).

Proper noun

Cockfield (countable and uncountable, plural Cockfields)

1. A village and civil parish in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ126242).
2. A village and civil parish in Babergh district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TL905546).
3. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Cockfield is the 31587^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 732 individuals. Cockfield is most common among Black/African American (56.69%) and White (40.16%) individuals.

References

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