Find out how popular the last name Adcox is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Adcox.

Adcox, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Adcox surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Adcox in America

Adcox is the 14030th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Adcox surname appeared 2,147 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 people would have the surname Adcox.

We can also compare 2010 data for Adcox to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Adcox

The surname ADCOX is of Anglo-Saxon origin, tracing its roots back to the medieval period in England. It is a locational name, derived from a place called Adcocks or Adcox, which was likely a small hamlet or village in the English countryside.

The name is believed to have originated as a descriptive term, possibly denoting a location near a hill or a rise, with the Old English elements "ad" meaning "at" and "cocc" meaning "hill" or "small hill." Variants of the spelling include Adcock, Adcoke, and Adcocks, reflecting the regional dialects and scribal variations common in the era before standardized spelling conventions.

One of the earliest recorded mentions of the name can be found in the Hundred Rolls of Bedfordshire, a census-like survey conducted in 1273 during the reign of King Edward I. This document lists a certain William Adecok, likely an early bearer of the surname.

In the 14th century, the Poll Tax returns of 1379 for the county of Yorkshire include entries for John Adcok and Alicia Adcok, providing further evidence of the name's existence and use during this period.

Notable bearers of the ADCOX surname throughout history include:

1. William Adcox (c. 1540-1622), an English clergyman and academic who served as the Master of Emmanuel College, Cambridge from 1599 to 1622.

2. Robert Adcox (c. 1590-1668), an English theologian and controversialist known for his writings against the Quakers.

3. John Adcox (1676-1751), a British architect and surveyor who worked on several prominent buildings in London, including the Church of St. Giles-in-the-Fields and the Foundling Hospital.

4. Elizabeth Adcox (1768-1842), an English diarist and writer whose personal journals provide valuable insights into the daily life and social customs of the Georgian era.

5. Thomas Adcox (1807-1891), an English entrepreneur and industrialist who founded the Adcox Ironworks in Birmingham, a successful manufacturing company that produced high-quality iron products.

While the ADCOX surname may have originated from a specific location in England, over time, it has become widely dispersed and can be found in various parts of the English-speaking world, carried by the descendants of early emigrants and settlers.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Adcox

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Adcox.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Adcox was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Adcox has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Adcox was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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