How common is the surname Brook?

4,607 people in the United States had the surname Brook in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 67,017 Americans. It ranked 7,240th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Brook?

Kelly Brook, British actress and model, followed by Clive Brook.

Where is the surname Brook most common?

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

How do you pronounce Brook?

Brook is /bɹʊk/, one syllable.

Is the surname Brook getting more or less common?

More common. 4,461 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,607 in 2010, up 3.3%.

Is Brook also a first name?

Yes. Brook is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Brook

A German place surname, carried by 4,607 people in the United States.

Pronounced /bɹʊk/ 1 syllable Soundex B620 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Brook is more common than 95.5% of them.

Origin

German origin

* 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”)).

Brook is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,607 people named Brook in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 67,017 Americans. That is up 3.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,461.

#7,240

rank among US surnames

4,607

people in 2010

1.6

per 100,000 Americans

+3.3%

change since 2000 (was #6,935)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,236	Dufresne	4,611	66,958
#7,237	Hudgens	4,609	66,988
#7,238	Schlueter	4,608	67,002
#7,240	Goodell	4,607	67,017

Who is named Brook

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

83% of people named Brook identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Brooks

8 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Kelly Brook
British actress and model, born 1979
Clive Brook
British actor (1887–1974)
Jayne Brook
American actress, born 1960
Kell Brook
Boxer, born 1986
Faith Brook
British actress (1922-2012)
Alexander Brook
American artist (1898-1980)
Lyndon Brook
British actor (1926-2004)
Skylar Grey
American singer, born 1986

Notable Brooks come mostly from the United Kingdom (5) and the United States (3).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Surnames that sound like Brook

Brook has the Soundex code B620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B620.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Brook come from?: * 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…
How common is the surname Brook?: 4,607 people in the United States had the surname Brook in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 67,017 Americans. It ranked 7,240th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Brook?: In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Brook identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Brook?: Kelly Brook, British actress and model, followed by Clive Brook.
Where is the surname Brook most common?: Wikidata records people named Brook in the United Kingdom and the United States.
How do you pronounce Brook?: Brook is /bɹʊk/, one syllable.
What type of surname is Brook?: Brook is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Brook getting more or less common?: More common. 4,461 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,607 in 2010, up 3.3%.
What are other spellings of Brook?: Brooke and Brooks.
Is Brook also a first name?: Yes. Brook is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.