# Hook (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/hook/  
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) | 13,437 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,680 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 22,977 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.0% (13,171 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As an English surname, from the noun hook. * As a Swedish surname, from hök (“hawk”). * As a Dutch surname, Americanized from Hoek; compare Vanhook.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Hook 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) | 90% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 4.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.0% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% |

## Where

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

## People named Hook

- Peter Hook, British bassist
- Sidney Hook, American philosopher (1902–1989)
- Sarah Catherine Hook, American actress

## Similar surnames

Houck, Hoke, Houk, Hock, Hoak, Hooks, Hoyos, Hoose, Hojo, Hayes, Hicks, Hess.

## 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.