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Cockburn
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English
Alternative forms
en Coburn
Etymology
Scottish habitational surname, from en ang cocc cock, rooster + ang burne stream, brook, river.
Pronunciation
en /ˈkoʊbəɹn/ /ˈkoʊkbəɹn/
Proper noun
~ s
en Old English.
en small town/and/locality in the outback of s/South Australia on the border with x/New South Wales.
en lgarea in city/Perth s/Western Australia named after Cockburn Sound and Sir George Cockburn the City of Cockburn.
Descendants
mul cockburni 1
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.
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