The Aycock surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,422 people carried this name — #6,301 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 54,300 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (5,439).

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Aycock surname

From a pet form of any of various personal names beginning with A- + the Middle English hypocoristic suffix -cok.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Aycock» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In print

Aycock in American newspapers,
1910–1929.

Newspaper page from Los Angeles Herald carrying the name Aycock
Los Angeles Herald 1910-05-08
Newspaper page from The Bismarck Tribune carrying the name Aycock
The Bismarck Tribune 1929-06-28
Newspaper page from New Britain Herald carrying the name Aycock
New Britain Herald 1929-05-23

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 24,449 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Aycock in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1950s.

111 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Aycock. The most, 20, date from the 1930s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in South Australia, at 2.5 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 46
South Australia 31
Victoria 14
Queensland 10
Tasmania 5
Western Australia 5

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Aycock.

Who carried it

People named Aycock,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Charles Brantley Aycock
    Charles Brantley Aycock 1859–1912 · teacher
  • William Brantley Aycock
    William Brantley Aycock 1915–2015 · military personnel
  • Taddy Aycock 1915–1987 · lawyer
  • Patricia Evelyn Borrie 1923–
  • Andrew Aycock 1948–1982 · bus driver

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Aycock,
in the records of 2 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States302 records

302 records of the Aycock name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 236
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 63
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 2
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Jesse N. Aycock

    Born 1907 in North Carolina. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Jay Governors Island, New York; shipping clerk from Wayne County.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain)
  2. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Richard T. Aycock

    Confederate Army veteran. Born 1830, died 1862; buried at Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. The receipt card sent under the U.S. Alien Registration Act of 1940
    Example: U.S. alien registration card, 1940s
    Alien registration Elizabeth Aycock

    Born 1895 in British West Indies. Listed in the U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955.

    U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain)

Showing 3 of 302 records for Aycock in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain); Alien Registration Receipt Card, Form AR-3, photo by Bobjgalindo via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Aycock name in Canada Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Albert Aycock

    Buried in 1965 at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.

Counts: City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

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