<Tr> <Th> Region of origin </Th> <Td> England or Wales </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Language (s) of origin </Th> <Td> Old English or Welsh </Td> </Tr> <P> The surname Cox is of English or Welsh origin, and may have originated independently in several places in Great Britain, with the variations arriving at a standard spelling only later . There are also two native Irish surnames which were anglicised into Cox . </P> <P> An early record of the surname dates from 1556 with the marriage of Alicea Cox at St. Martin in the Fields, Westminster, London . Cox is the 69th-most common surname in the United Kingdom . </P>

Where did the last name cox come from