Cockburn
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Scottish habitational surname, from Old English cocc (“cock, rooster”) + burne (“stream, brook, river”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkoʊbərn/, /ˈkoʊkbərn/
Descendants
- → Translingual: cockburni
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Cockburn is the 28525th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 836 individuals. Cockburn is most common among White (78.95%) and Black/African American (13.4%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Cockburn”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 349.
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