Cockerton

== English == === Etymology === Habitational surname from an area of Darlington, in County Durham, from the name of a local river + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). === Proper noun === Cockerton (plural Cockertons) A surname from Old English. ==== Statistics ==== According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Cockerton is the 8539th most common surname in England, belonging to 740 individuals. === Further reading === Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Cockerton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 349. Forebears