# McCook (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/mccook/  
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 | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,559 |
| US rank (2010) | 17,927 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 198,041 people |
| Change since 2000 | +14% (1,370 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Mc- + cook.

## Who carries it

Share of people named McCook 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) | 75% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 16% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.0% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 3.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named McCook in the United States.

## People named McCook

- John McCook, American actor (born 1944)

## Similar surnames

McCoskey, McCosh, Macias, Moses, McHugh, Mojica, Musick, Messick, Machuca, McGough, Majewski, Music.

## 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.