Alcock
surname · Latin script
Meaning: 'little Alan', 'little Alexander', etc.; pet form with suffix -cock
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/alkɒk/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Alcock is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 20K(inferred from the name graph)
- AUAustralia≈1 in 23K
- CACanada≈1 in 62K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 242 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 20K (inferred from the name graph)
≈10,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
United Kingdom, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
'little Alan', 'little Alexander', etc.; pet form with suffix -cock.
Sources 1
- Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Alcock counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | ≈10,000 est. | ≈1 in 136K | — | Alcock | 4 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈3,200 est. | ≈1 in 20K | listed | Alcock | 188 |
| US United States | 1,366 | 1 in 244K | 1.4K | Alcock | 242 |
| ZA South Africa | ≈1,100 est. | ≈1 in 50K | — | Alcock | 54 |
| AU Australia | ≈1,100 est. | ≈1 in 23K | — | Alcock | 137 |
| CA Canada | ≈610 est. | ≈1 in 62K | — | Alcock | 118 |
| NZ New Zealand | ≈120 est. | ≈1 in 40K | — | Alcock | 55 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: the hanks-dictionary-surnames-1988 register; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Alcock is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, a pet-form of some short name in Al-; first attested Alekoc 1204 Cur (Nt), P (Y)
as a nameA Dictionary of English Surnames
In English, Alekoc, Alecoc 1204 Cur (Nt), P (Y); Awcok de Leuer 1246 AssLa; Alkok 1332 SRCu; Alexander Alecoc 1275 SRWo; John Alekok, Auecoc 1296, 1327 SRSx. A pet-form of some short name in Al-.
as a nameA Dictionary of English Surnames
In English, of various given names beginning with Al-, notably Alan (see Allen), Alban, Albert, and Alexander. Vars.: Allcock, Alecock, Aucock, Awcock, Alcoe, Alcott. Patr.: Al(l)cox.
as a nameA dictionary of surnames
In English, A surname from Middle English.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Irish, This English name is in Co. Waterford since late seventeenth century. No less than 47 Alcocks were students of Dublin University between 1605 and 1845; the earliest were not of Co. Waterford
as a nameThe Surnames of Ireland
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Benjamin Alcockb. 1801IEIrish anatomist
- Rutherford Alcockb. 1809GBBritish diplomat (1809–1897)
- Charles William Alcockb. 1842GBBritish cricketer, footballer and football administrator (1842-1907)
- Alfred William Alcockb. 1859GBBritish military physician and carcinologist (1859–1933)
- John Alcockb. 1892GBBritish captain in the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force (1892-1919)
- George Alcockb. 1912GBEnglish astronomer (1912–2000)
- Victoria Alcockb. 1955GBEnglish actress
- Helen Trokeb. 1964GBnot in their usual nameBritish badminton player
- Craig Alcockb. 1987GBEnglish footballer (born 1987)
- Milly Alcockb. 2000AUAustralian actress (born 2000)
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).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 21 sources across 11 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 1.4K | #19,716 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 1.3K | #19,248 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 1.3K | #21,302 |
| GB United Kingdom | A Dictionary of Surnames (Hanks & Hodges, 1988) | — | — | — |
| GB United Kingdom | A Dictionary of English Surnames (Reaney & Wilson, 1991) | — | — | — |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
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 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Alcock mean, and where does it come from?
- 'little Alan', 'little Alexander', etc.; pet form with suffix -cock. Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].
- How do you pronounce Alcock?
- A machine transcription gives /alkɒk/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Alcock have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 10 thousand people named Alcock in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled alcock.
- How common is the name Alcock?
- In the United States, the national register counted 1,366 people named Alcock in 2010, about 1 in 244 thousand residents.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Alcock”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.