Last Name COX

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Meaning	Personal. 'Cock,' a term of familiarity. The history of the name is interesting, and every stage can be proved conclusively. The natural pertness of boys, so like the habits of the strutting bar-doo fowl, caused 'cock' to be used much in the sense of our 'Well, old Cock, how are you?' There was an affinity between the boy in the scullery and the cock in the yourd: both swaggered, and both could crow. Thus 'cock' bacame the general sobriquet of a sharp and forward lad. The farm-lad, the scullion, or the apprentice was ever 'Cock' by itself. or if attached to his Christian name, Jeff-cock, or Will-cock, or Bat-cock, or Han-cock. Thus we have the story of Cocke Lorelle, and the old nursery rhyme begins: 'Who killed Cock Robin?' Sometimes the fond-name was forgotten in the term. The patronymic versions bacame Cocks or Cockson. These have become modernly Cox, Coxe, Coxon, and Coxen. 'Cock,' little - a term of endearment, a diminutive, the same as 'ot' or 'kin,' used as a termination, as 'Willcox,' little Will; 'Simcox,' little Sim, etc. The word is also often used to denote a leader or chief man. Addison says: "Sir Andrew is the cock of the club."

Origin	English, Jewish, Native American, Chilean, Irish, Falkland, Maori, Belgian, South african, Guam

Rank	72 (2000 US census)	64 (1990 US census)

Count	253,771 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

84.48%, or 214386 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
11.55%, or 29311 total occurrences, as black,
0.39%, or 990 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.64%, or 1624 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.42%, or 3604 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.52%, or 3857 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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