Nocks 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 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 3
Dorset 0
Durham 2
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 1
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 2
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 1
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 12
Warwickshire 1
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 2

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

Nocks Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Nocks family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 3
Coal Miner 2
Tailoress 1
Tanner's Labourer 1
Bricklayer Labourer 1
Farmer Of 28 Acres 1
Lab At Colling 1
Stone Getter 1
Grocer Apprentice 1
Cordwainer 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Nocks

Name Census Frequency
George Nocks 18
John Nocks 18
Thomas Nocks 18
Mary Nocks 17
Elizabeth Nocks 16
William Nocks 12
Ann Nocks 10
Hannah Nocks 9
James Nocks 8
Sarah Nocks 8
Henry Nocks 7
Joseph Nocks 7
Frederick Nocks 6
Maria Nocks 6
Charles Nocks 5
Edward Nocks 5
Eliza Nocks 5
Ellen Nocks 5
Harriet Nocks 5
Samuel Nocks 5
Alice Nocks 4
Annie Nocks 4
Dorothy Nocks 4
Emma Nocks 4
Jane Nocks 4

Nocks Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Knox 20% 15,502
2 Nicks 80% 2,033
3 Nocks 100% 316
4 Nickeas 57% 165
5 Knocks 83% 120

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The surname Nocks is the 3rd most popular variant of Knox.

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