How common is the surname Cook?

302,589 people in the United States had the surname Cook in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 1,020 Americans. It ranked 65th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Cook?

Tim Cook, American business executive, Apple executive chairman, followed by Sam Cooke.

Where is the surname Cook most common?

Wikidata records people named Cook in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom.

Is the surname Cook getting more or less common?

More common. 294,795 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 302,589 in 2010, up 2.6%.

The surname Cook

An occupational surname, the 65th most common in the United States.

Pronounced /kʊk/ 1 syllable Soundex C200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cook is more common than 99.9% of them.

Origin

From cook. Doublet of Koch and Kok.

Cook is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 302,589 people named Cook in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 1,020 Americans. That is up 2.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 294,795.

#65

rank among US surnames

302,589

people in 2010

103

per 100,000 Americans

+2.6%

change since 2000 (was #60)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#56	Parker	336,221	918
#57	Cruz	334,201	924
#58	Edwards	332,423	929
#59	Collins	329,770	936
#60	Reyes	327,904	942
#61	Stewart	324,957	950
#62	Morris	318,884	968

Who is named Cook

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

82% of people named Cook identified as white (not Hispanic), 13% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 82%
Black (not Hispanic) 13%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 2.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Cooks

64 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Tim Cook
American business executive, Apple executive chairman, born 1960
Sam Cooke
American singer and songwriter (1931–1964)
Rachael Leigh Cook
American actress and model, born 1979
Joseph Cook
6th prime minister of Australia from 1913 to 1914
Stephen Cook
American-Canadian computer scientist, born 1939
Robin Cook
American novelist, ophthalmologist, aquanaut, born 1940
Frederick Cook
American explorer (1865-1940)
David Cook
American musician, born 1982
Dane Cook
American actor and comedian, born 1972
Peter Cook
British actor, satirist, writer and comedian (1937-1995)
Elisha Cook Jr.
American actor (1903-1995)
Mason Cook
American actor, born 2000

Notable Cooks come mostly from the United States (54), Australia (6) and the United Kingdom (4).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Surnames that sound like Cook

Cook has the Soundex code C200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C200.

Questions

Where does the surname Cook come from?: From cook. Doublet of Koch and Kok.
How common is the surname Cook?: 302,589 people in the United States had the surname Cook in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 1,020 Americans. It ranked 65th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Cook?: In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Cook identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Cook?: Tim Cook, American business executive, Apple executive chairman, followed by Sam Cooke.
Where is the surname Cook most common?: Wikidata records people named Cook in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom.
How do you pronounce Cook?: Cook is /kʊk/, one syllable.
What type of surname is Cook?: Cook is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Cook getting more or less common?: More common. 294,795 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 302,589 in 2010, up 2.6%.
What are other spellings of Cook?: Cooke and Coke.