Last Name COCKER

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Meaning The cocker, i.e. cockfighter. 'Cocker' in this sense occures in the Towneley Mysteries: 'These dysara, and these hullars, These cokkers, and these bullars.'
Origin English, Irish, Belgian

Rank 41,596 (2000 US census) 32,228 (1990 US census)
Count 493 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 83.57%, or 412 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 2.43%, or 12 total occurrences, as black,
  • 7.91%, or 39 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 1.62%, or 8 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 2.64%, or 13 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.83%, or 9 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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