Willcocks
surname · English · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Willcocks is a surname, most frequently recorded in the United Kingdom. It appears chiefly in English and Welsh, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: Main GB Location (1881): Devon and Cornwall;. see Wilcox .
- GBUnited Kingdom1 in 60K◐
- AUAustralia1 in 61K
- ZASouth Africa1 in 224K
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin●
Main GB Location (1881): Devon and Cornwall;. see Wilcox .
Sources 1
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
Where in the world●
| Country | Share of this name | |
|---|---|---|
| GB United Kingdom | 3,215 | 57% |
| AU Australia | 1,096 | 19% |
| US United States | 866 | 15% |
| CA Canada | 159 | 3% |
| ZA South Africa | 68 | 1% |
≈5,404 recorded bearers across the countries shown (a sample of the full distribution).
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.
Languages●
- English4.1K72%
- Welsh1.4K25%
- French501%
- Spanish491%
- German171%
Show as table
| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| English | 4,071 | 72% |
| Welsh | 1,444 | 25% |
| French | 50 | 1% |
| Spanish | 49 | 1% |
| German | 17 | 1% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Notable people with this name●
- Joseph Willcocksb. 1773CACanadian politician
- William Willcocksb. 1852GBBritish civil engineer (1852–1932)
- James Willcocksb. 1857INBritish Army general (1857–1926)
- Mary Patricia Willcocksb. 1869GBEnglish author and translator (1869–1950)
- John Willcocksb. 1883GBBritish trade union leader
- David Willcocksb. 1919GBBritish choral conductor, organist and composer (1919-2015)
- Dianne Willcocksb. 1945GBBritish social scientist
- Leslie Willcocksb. 1951GBacademic
- Jonathan Willcocksb. 1953GBEnglish composer and conductor
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence●
Attested in 9 sources across 3 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 116 | #134,037 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 111 | #148,347 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 8 | #134,434 |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 4 | #118,617 |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 4 | #29,417 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames (Census 2010 + voter-file supplement) | — | — | — |
Reference works 4
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-09-03 data build · 6 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Willcocks?
- Our records include 5,404 bearers of Willcocks across 5 countries — a sample of the full distribution.
- In which country does Willcocks have the most bearers?
- Willcocks is most frequently recorded in the United Kingdom.
- What does the name Willcocks mean?
- Recorded meaning: Main GB Location (1881): Devon and Cornwall;. see Wilcox .
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Willcocks”. Data snapshot 2026-08-31.