How common is the surname Brooke?

5,027 people in the United States had the surname Brooke in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 61,417 Americans. It ranked 6,717th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Brooke?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Brooke identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Brooke?

Edward Brooke, American politician from Massachusetts (1919–2015), followed by Ashlynn Brooke.

Where is the surname Brooke most common?

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

How do you pronounce Brooke?

Brooke is /bɹʊk/, one syllable.

Is the surname Brooke getting more or less common?

More common. 4,731 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,027 in 2010, up 6.3%.

Is Brooke also a first name?

Yes. Brooke 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 Brooke

A place surname, carried by 5,027 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). Brooke is more common than 95.9% of them.

Origin

A topographic surname for someone who lived near a brook.

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

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,027 people named Brooke in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 61,417 Americans. That is up 6.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,731.

#6,717

rank among US surnames

5,027

people in 2010

1.7

per 100,000 Americans

+6.3%

change since 2000 (was #6,608)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,708	Ussery	5,036	61,308
#6,709	Daggett	5,035	61,320
#6,710	Frisch	5,033	61,344
#6,711	Boyette	5,032	61,356
#6,713	Forde	5,031	61,369
#6,714	Briceno	5,030	61,381
#6,716	Parmer	5,029	61,393

Who is named Brooke

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

92% of people named Brooke identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.5% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Brookes

14 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Edward Brooke
American politician from Massachusetts (1919–2015)
Ashlynn Brooke
American pornographic actress, born 1985
Hillary Brooke
American film actress (1914–1999)
Siân Brooke
British actress, born 1980
Tyler Brooke
Actor (1886-1943)
Walter Brooke
American actor (1914-1986)
Van Dyke Brooke
American actor, screenwriter and film director (1859-1921)
Jonatha Brooke
American singer-songwriter and musician, born 1964
Heather Brooke
British/American journalist, born 1970
Paul Brooke
British actor, born 1944
Robert Brooke
American politician (1761-1800)
Walker Brooke
American politician (1813-1869)

Notable Brookes come mostly from the United States (11) and the United Kingdom (3).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Brook

Surnames that sound like Brooke

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

Questions

Where does the surname Brooke come from?: A topographic surname for someone who lived near a brook.
How common is the surname Brooke?: 5,027 people in the United States had the surname Brooke in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 61,417 Americans. It ranked 6,717th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Brooke?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Brooke identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Brooke?: Edward Brooke, American politician from Massachusetts (1919–2015), followed by Ashlynn Brooke.
Where is the surname Brooke most common?: Wikidata records people named Brooke in the United States and the United Kingdom.
How do you pronounce Brooke?: Brooke is /bɹʊk/, one syllable.
What type of surname is Brooke?: Brooke is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Brooke getting more or less common?: More common. 4,731 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,027 in 2010, up 6.3%.
What are other spellings of Brooke?: Brook.
Is Brooke also a first name?: Yes. Brooke 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.