Cookingham

Cookingham Meaning & Origin

About Cookingham
The surname Cookingham is of English origin and is derived from the Old English words "coc" meaning "cook" and "ham" meaning "homestead" or "village." It is an occupational surname that was given to someone who worked as a cook or lived near a cook's house or village. The name Cookingham signifies a person's ancestral connection to the occupation of cooking or their residence near a cook's dwelling.

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Popularity

Surname Popularity by Ethnicity

The surname Cookingham is a unique entry in our records. Discover more about its distribution and characteristics:

  • Number of People with the name Cookingham: 397
  • Overall Popularity: Less than 0.01% (a rare surname)
  • Ranking: 52,267
  • Frequency per 100k people: 0.13

Below is the ethnic distribution of the surname Cookingham based on recent US Census records. This is a brief glimpse into the diverse backgrounds of people carrying this surname.

Ranking information for the surname Cookingham is not currently available.

Pronunciation

📇 Metaphone
KKNKM
🗽 NYSIIS
CAN
🔊 Soundex
C0205205
🎵 Syllabic Pronunciation
K UH1 K IH0 NG HH AE0 M
🌐 IPA
/ˈkʊkɪŋhæm/
🔊 Double Metaphone
('KKNKM', '')
🈯 Cross-Lingual Phonetic
C252

Accessibility & Communication

How to write the name Cookingham in Braille

Here's how to represent Cookingham in Braille, each pattern of raised dots corresponds to a letter in the name.

The name Cookingham in braille

How to sign the name Cookingham using Sign Language

The image below shows how you can spell Cookingham using American Sign Language (ASL). In sign language, each hand shape corresponds to a specific a letter of the name.

The name Cookingham in sign language

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