Pocock Family Name and Heraldry

In census returns, Pocock often stands in for Peacock. The family name meaning is “vain, showy man”, the same as for Peacock.

Heraldry and the Pocock name

Arms linked to Peacock and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

A variant of Peacock

Before spelling was fixed, Peacock was also written Pocock. Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard. Other spellings include Pococke, Peacocke and Peabody.

The Census Bureau's 2010 surname file lists Pocock with 1,277 bearers, at rank 20,709. That puts it among the top 25,000 US surnames. Research your Pocock family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.