cocke
Cocke is a surname of English origin and a placename in the United States. The surname appears in English and American records from the early modern period and is one of several spellings linked to the element “cock,” a nickname-based or diminutive personal name.
Notable people with the surname include John Cocke (1925–2002), an American computer scientist whose work on
Cocke County, Tennessee, a county in the eastern part of the state, is named for William Cocke.