# Brook (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/brook/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A habitational surname from Middle English for someone living by a brook.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 4,607 |
| US rank (2010) | 7,240 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 67,017 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.3% (4,461 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /bɹʊk/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | Brooke, Brooks |

## Etymology

* As an English surname, from the noun brook. * As a north German surname, from Low German Brook (“swamp, marsh”), related to the above. * As a Dutch surname, Americanized from Broek, from broek, also related to the above. * As a Jewish and German surname, Americanized from Bruck, Bruch (from Bruch (“wetland, marsh”)).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Brook in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 83% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 11% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Brook in the United Kingdom and the United States.

## People named Brook

- Kelly Brook, British actress and model
- Clive Brook, British actor (1887–1974)
- Jayne Brook, American actress
- Kell Brook, boxer
- Faith Brook, British actress (1922-2012)
- Alexander Brook, American artist (1898-1980)
- Lyndon Brook, British actor (1926-2004)
- Skylar Grey, American singer

## Similar surnames

Brock, Brooke, Brokaw, Bork, Brooks, Brockway, Borowski, Broz, Burke, Bowers, Briggs, Bruce.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.