Cox Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

Cox Name Meaning: One possible meaning is taken from the Welsh coch ‘red’. Another is thought to derive from the Old English cocc found in place-names meaning haycock, heap, hillock ‘Dweller by the hill’. Or even initially it may have been used as a nick name from the bird and given to one who strutted like a cock.

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Cox Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Cox family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 7,649
Agricultural Labourer 970
General Labourer 737
Domestic Servant 485
Labourer 432
Dress Maker 408
Coal Miner 367
Living On Own Means 363
General Servant 309
Laundress 307
Farm Labourer 274
General Servant Domestic 266
Living On Her Own Means 219
Carpenter 214
Gardener 211
Farmer 203
Clerk 169
General Domestic Servant 141
Blacksmith 136
Cook Domestic Servant 133
House Keeper 121
Farm Servant 112
Tailoress 112
Errand Boy 106
Tailor 104

Cox Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Cox 100% 328,667
2 Cocks 40% 14,051
3 Cooks 40% 5,539
4 Coxe 75% 320
5 Cax 67% 249
6 Cockes 33% 136

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

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