# Crook (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 14,526 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,484 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 21,255 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.7% (14,279 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From English crook (“bend, hook”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Crook 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) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.9% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Crook in the United States and Australia.

## People named Crook

- Eddie Crook, American boxer (1929-2005)
- Tully Bevilaqua, Australian basketball player (born 1972)

## Similar surnames

Cork, Croke, Crooks, Croskey, Crocco, Cruz, Craig, Cross, Church, Carrasco, Crews, Crouch.

## 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.