How common is the surname Cooke?

33,223 people in the United States had the surname Cooke in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 9,293 Americans. It ranked 1,056th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Cooke?

Olivia Cooke, British actress (born 1993), followed by Sarah Palfrey Cooke.

Where is the surname Cooke most common?

Wikidata records people named Cooke in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom and 3 other countries.

Is the surname Cooke getting more or less common?

More common. 31,860 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 33,223 in 2010, up 4.3%.

The surname Cooke

An occupational surname, carried by 33,223 people in the United States.

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). Cooke is more common than 99.3% of them.

Origin

A surname originating as an occupation for a cook, or a seller of cooked food.

Cooke 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 33,223 people named Cooke in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 9,293 Americans. That is up 4.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 31,860.

#1,056

rank among US surnames

33,223

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+4.3%

change since 2000 (was #1,000)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,047	Barlow	33,335	9,262
#1,048	Shea	33,329	9,264
#1,049	Ewing	33,314	9,268
#1,050	Bright	33,281	9,277
#1,051	Becerra	33,274	9,279
#1,052	Lindsay	33,255	9,284
#1,053	Ritter	33,252	9,285

Who is named Cooke

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

78% of people named Cooke identified as white (not Hispanic), 16% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 78%
Black (not Hispanic) 16%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 2.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Cookes

31 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Olivia Cooke
British actress (born 1993)
Sarah Palfrey Cooke
American tennis player (1912–1996)
Baden Cooke
Australian cyclist, born 1978
Emma Cooke
American archer (1848–1929)
Hope Cooke
American author, historian and former Queen of Sikkim, born 1940
Janet Cooke
American journalist, born 1954
Josh Cooke
American actor, born 1979
John Cooke
American rower, 1937–2005
Jennifer Cooke
American actress, born 1964
Keith Cooke
American martial artist and actor, born 1959
Cecil Cooke
Bahamian sailor, 1923–1983
Ian Cooke
Australian field hockey player, born 1952

Notable Cookes come mostly from the United States (19), Australia (4) and the United Kingdom (3).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Cooke

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

Questions

How common is the surname Cooke?: 33,223 people in the United States had the surname Cooke in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 9,293 Americans. It ranked 1,056th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Cooke?: In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Cooke identified as white (not Hispanic), and 16% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Cooke?: Olivia Cooke, British actress (born 1993), followed by Sarah Palfrey Cooke.
Where is the surname Cooke most common?: Wikidata records people named Cooke in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom and 3 other countries.
What type of surname is Cooke?: Cooke is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Cooke getting more or less common?: More common. 31,860 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 33,223 in 2010, up 4.3%.