Pocock

English

Etymology

Variant of Peacock.

Proper noun

Pocock (plural Pococks)

A surname transferred from the nickname.

Statistics

According to the 2010 United States Census, Pocock is the 20709^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1277 individuals. Pocock is most common among White (93.34%) individuals.

Further reading

Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Pocock”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

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