The cox Surname

cox Name Meaning and History

English: from Cocke in any the senses described + the suffix -s denoting ‘son of’ or ‘servant of’.
Irish (Ulster): mistranslation of Mac Con Coille (‘son of Cú Choille’, a personal name meaning ‘hound of the wood’), as if formed with coileach ‘cock’, ‘rooster’.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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cox Family Facts

Distribution of cox Families in the US in 1920

Number of cox families

1131-2260

378-1130

1-377

Compiled by Ancestry.co.uk from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 5047 - Messages: 10952

Thread	Author	Replies
Charles & Elizabeth Cox, Lancaster SC	cfurth	0
COX Conrad L and Laverne Shorty	t42Moore	0
COX E Duran and Edna P	t42Moore	0
HALL Richard W Dr and Joyce COX	t42Moore	0
Prof. Edward Travers Cox	vintagecans00	2
Trafini Family	ElvaCox	1
Cox family, Tignal, Georgia	Nancy Cox	10
Looking for Jimmy Cox	MHarlien	0
COX Bobby P 1932-1999	t42Moore	0
COX Edwin W and Sue A	t42Moore	0

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