Cooking Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 5
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 4
Devon 1
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 1
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 1
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 3
Lincolnshire 5
London 3
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 3
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 2
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 1

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Cooking Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Cooking family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 3
Female Servant 3
Miner 2
Cotton Maker 1
Grocer 1
School Mistress 1
Draper 1
Independent 1
Charwoman 1
House Keeper 1
Stockingmaker 1
Farmer 1
Gardener 1
Hadashers Apprentice 1
Brass Caster 1
Male Servant 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Cooking

Name Census Frequency
Mary Cooking 23
John Cooking 18
Thomas Cooking 15
William Cooking 15
Elizabeth Cooking 12
Sarah Cooking 9
Ellen Cooking 8
George Cooking 8
James Cooking 8
Ann Cooking 7
Charles Cooking 7
Joseph Cooking 7
Annie Cooking 6
Henry Cooking 6
Robert Cooking 6
Alice Cooking 5
Eliza Cooking 5
Emma Cooking 5
Samuel Cooking 5
Alfred Cooking 4
Edith Cooking 4
Emily Cooking 4
Jane Cooking 4
Margaret Cooking 4
Edward Cooking 3

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