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.
Discover how your Cox ancestors earned their living and spread across the country. Find out more about your family history by using the Free Search box.Bedfordshire | 687 |
Buckinghamshire | 788 |
Berkshire | 1,682 |
Cambridgeshire | 596 |
Channel Islands | 44 |
Cheshire | 578 |
Cornwall | 320 |
Cumberland | 54 |
Derbyshire | 788 |
Devon | 1,387 |
Dorset | 859 |
Durham | 827 |
Essex | 2,624 |
Gloucestershire | 2,405 |
Hampshire | 2,193 |
Herefordshire | 150 |
Hertfordshire | 731 |
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 222 |
Isle of Man | 6 |
Kent | 1,961 |
Lancashire | 3,027 |
Leicestershire | 1,385 |
Lincolnshire | 1,073 |
London | 9,104 |
Middlesex | 3,013 |
Northumberland | 243 |
Norfolk | 661 |
Northamptonshire | 1,346 |
Nottinghamshire | 1,381 |
Oxfordshire | 1,053 |
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 222 |
Shropshire | 285 |
Suffolk | 263 |
Somerset | 2,258 |
Surrey | 2,049 |
Sussex | 1,173 |
Staffordshire | 3,237 |
Warwickshire | 3,169 |
Westmorland | 10 |
Wiltshire | 829 |
Worcestershire | 1,876 |
Yorkshire | 3,357 |
Anglesey | 9 |
Brecknockshire | 51 |
Cardiganshire | 5 |
Carnarvonshire | 74 |
Carmarthenshire | 64 |
Denbighshire | 17 |
Flintshire | 40 |
Glamorgan | 1,498 |
Merionethshire | 8 |
Montgomeryshire | 5 |
Monmouthshire | 873 |
Pembrokeshire | 32 |
Radnorshire | 3 |
Profession | Census Frequency |
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School | 6,365 |
Farm Labourer | 640 |
General Labourer | 443 |
Private Means | 414 |
General Servant (domestic) | 353 |
Labourer | 351 |
Dressmaker | 281 |
None | 278 |
Domestic Servant | 268 |
Coal Miner Hewer | 247 |
Farmer | 221 |
Clerk | 208 |
Laundress | 172 |
Scholar | 164 |
At School | 162 |
House Painter | 160 |
At Home | 159 |
Bricklayer | 159 |
Cook (domestic) | 156 |
Carpenter | 153 |
Housemaid (domestic) | 150 |
Shop Assistant | 150 |
House Keeper | 141 |
Dress Maker | 134 |
Nil | 130 |
Name | Census Frequency |
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William Cox | 21,677 |
Mary Cox | 19,450 |
John Cox | 16,462 |
Elizabeth Cox | 13,118 |
George Cox | 12,071 |
Sarah Cox | 11,009 |
Thomas Cox | 10,907 |
James Cox | 9,397 |
Charles Cox | 8,311 |
Henry Cox | 7,033 |
Ann Cox | 6,510 |
Joseph Cox | 5,528 |
Jane Cox | 5,357 |
Eliza Cox | 5,310 |
Frederick Cox | 4,645 |
Emma Cox | 4,639 |
Alice Cox | 4,348 |
Ellen Cox | 4,327 |
Annie Cox | 4,153 |
Edward Cox | 4,055 |
Emily Cox | 3,965 |
Alfred Cox | 3,920 |
Arthur Cox | 3,481 |
Robert Cox | 3,218 |
Albert Cox | 3,109 |