Alcock Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

Alcock Name Meaning: From a pet form of various personal names beginning with Al-.The middle English suffix -cok was frequently added to the personal names.

This could have been used as a nickname for someone who resembled the bird. \"young lad who strutted around in a pert and aggressive manner\".

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Buckinghamshire 11
Cambridgeshire 15
Cheshire 243
Cumberland 69
Derbyshire 90
Devon 5
Durham 40
Essex 4
Flintshire 2
Glamorgan 1
Gloucestershire 54
Hampshire 17
Hertfordshire 19
Hunts and Rutland 0
Kent 40
Lancashire 368
Leicestershire 18
Lincolnshire 184
London 155
Middlesex 12
Monmouthshire 27
Norfolk 110
Northamptonshire 12
Nottinghamshire 70
Oxfordshire 40
Shropshire 30
Suffolk 33
Surrey 2
Sussex 27
Staffordshire 572
Warwickshire 145
Westmorland 2
Wiltshire 11
Worcestershire 57
Yorkshire 224
Anglesey 0
Bedfordshire 0
Brecknockshire 0
Berkshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Cornwall 0
Denbighshire 0
Dorset 0
Herefordshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Northumberland 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0
Somerset 0

Alcock Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Alcock family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 146
Female Servant 136
Independent 77
Male Servant 51
Labourer 42
Farmer 39
Potter 19
Carpenter 14
Publican 13
Shoe Maker 12
Brick Maker 12
Tailor 10
Frame Work Knitter 10
Cotton Spinner 9
Dress Maker 8
Grocer 8
Water Man 8
Clerk 8
Ag Labourer 8
Potter Journeyman 8
Cotton Weaver 7
Independant 7
Painter 7
Ag Lab 6
Journeyman Potter 6

Most Frequent Forenames for Alcock

Name Census Frequency
William Alcock 2,222
Mary Alcock 2,157
John Alcock 2,022
Elizabeth Alcock 1,435
Thomas Alcock 1,361
Sarah Alcock 1,218
George Alcock 1,150
James Alcock 970
Ann Alcock 753
Joseph Alcock 710
Charles Alcock 557
Henry Alcock 520
Hannah Alcock 497
Jane Alcock 490
Emma Alcock 481
Annie Alcock 456
Samuel Alcock 455
Edward Alcock 431
Alice Alcock 428
Ellen Alcock 417
Eliza Alcock 407
Robert Alcock 403
Margaret Alcock 367
Arthur Alcock 327
Richard Alcock 319

Alcock Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Alcock 100% 32,349
2 Allcock 86% 23,520
3 Elcock 83% 5,441
4 Lucock 67% 2,321
5 Locock 67% 1,947
6 Lacock 67% 1,181
7 Leacock 57% 916
8 Alecock 86% 210
9 Lacckee 29% 117
10 Lecock 67% 102

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The surname Alcock is the most popular version of all its varients

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