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    The surname Kook

    A Dutch occupational surname, carried by 522 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex K200

    Kook: #41,657 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Kook #41,657, 522 people Kook: #41,657 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Kook #41,657, 522 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kook is more common than 74.3% of them.

    Origin

    Dutch origin

    Two main origins: * Borrowed from Dutch Kook, an occupational surname for a baker or cook * Variant spelling of the Korean surname 극 (geuk); compare Kuk.

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

    One of 167 Dutch surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 522 people named Kook in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 591,467 Americans. That is up 7.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 484.

    #41,657
    rank among US surnames
    522
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +7.9%
    change since 2000 (was #42,217)

    Who is named Kook

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

    52% of people named Kook identified as white (not Hispanic), 45% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 1.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 52%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 45%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Kook

    Kook has the Soundex code K200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K200.

    Other Dutch surnames

    All 167 Dutch surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Kook come from?
    Two main origins: * Borrowed from Dutch Kook, an occupational surname for a baker or cook * Variant spelling of the Korean surname 극 (geuk); compare Kuk.
    How common is the surname Kook?
    522 people in the United States had the surname Kook in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 591,467 Americans. It ranked 41,657th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Kook?
    In the 2010 Census, 52% of people named Kook identified as white (not Hispanic), and 45% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    What type of surname is Kook?
    Kook is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Kook getting more or less common?
    More common. 484 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 522 in 2010, up 7.9%.