Cockrum, Cockerham, Cockeram??? Supposed to Welsh/Irish. Does anyone have any information on this name???

Cockrum


Probably a reduced form of English Cockerham, or an altered spelling of Scottish Cochran.





Cockerham


English: habitational name from a place in Lancashire named Cocker, from the Cocker river (a Celtic name apparently derived from an element kukro 鈥榳inding鈥? + Old English ham 鈥榟omestead鈥?or hamm 鈥榚nclosure hemmed in by water鈥?


Dictionary of American Family





We have no name meaning and origin for Cockeram





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Cockrum, Cockerham, Cockeram??? Supposed to Welsh/Irish. Does anyone have any information on this name???
Ancestry.Com shows the following given as place of origin for Cockrum immigrants to the U. S.





Scotland 1





Great Britain 1





meaning probably a reduced form of English Cockerham or the Scottish Cochran





Place of origin for Cockerham





Germany 2





Great Britain 1





English: habitation name from a place in Lancashire named Cocker, from the Cocker River





They have nothing for Cockeram.





The same name can come from more than one nationality. Also you don't know how many people were in colonial America with those names that aren't on the immigration list Ancestry.Com has. Those are very small samples.





Not everyone with the same surname is related.





Since you are checking on names, please see the links below regarding peddlers of surname products





http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/comconsumerp...





http://www.college-of-arms.gov.uk/Faq.ht...