Cockerham Family History
Cockerham Name Meaning
English: habitational name from a place in Lancashire named Cocker,
from the Cocker river (a Celtic name apparently derived from an
element kukro ‘winding’) + Old English ham
‘homestead’ or hamm ‘enclosure hemmed in by water’.
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Cockerham
Name Distribution of Cockerham Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Cockerham families
 48 - 93  17 - 47 |
 1 - 16  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Cockerham families
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154 - 306 52 - 153 |
1 - 51 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Cockerham families
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2 - 1 2 - 1 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Cockerham census records
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Cockerham Family Origin
Cockerham Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Cockerham
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Cockerham Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Cockerham census records
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Cockerham Civil War Service Records
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