# Hooker (surname)

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

A surname originating as an occupation for a maker of hooks.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 16,646 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,185 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 18,548 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.0% (16,479 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Hooker 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) | 70% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 24% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Hooker in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

## People named Hooker

- John Lee Hooker, American blues musician (1912 or 1917–2001)
- Joseph Dalton Hooker, British botanist, lichenologist, and surgeon (1817–1911)
- Steve Hooker, Australian pole vaulter
- Joseph Hooker, American Union Army general (1814–1879)
- Earl Hooker, American Chicago blues guitarist (1929–1970)
- Evelyn Hooker, American psychologist (1907-1996)
- Destinee Hooker, American volleyball player
- Janusz Hooker, Australian rower
- Malik Hooker, American football player
- Henrietta Edgecomb Hooker, American botanist (1851-1929)
- Erica Hooker, Australian long jumper and pentathlete

## Similar surnames

Hocker, Houser, Hosier, Howser, Hoosier, Hooser, Hager, Hauser, Hacker, Heiser, Huizar, Hecker.

## 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.