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    The surname McCook

    An occupational surname, carried by 1,559 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M220

    McCook: #17,927 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer McCook #17,927, 1,559 people McCook: #17,927 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez McCook #17,927, 1,559 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McCook is more common than 89% of them.

    Origin

    From Mc- + cook.

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

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,559 people named McCook in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 198,041 Americans. That is up 14% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,370.

    #17,927
    rank among US surnames
    1,559
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +13.8%
    change since 2000 (was #18,569)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,921Pop1,560197,914
    #17,927Mayton1,559198,041

    Who is named McCook

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

    75% of people named McCook identified as white (not Hispanic), 16% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.7% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

    • White (not Hispanic) 75%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 16%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 3.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous McCooks

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • John McCook
      American actor (born 1944)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like McCook

    McCook has the Soundex code M220, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M220.

    Questions

    Where does the surname McCook come from?
    From Mc- + cook.
    How common is the surname McCook?
    1,559 people in the United States had the surname McCook in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 198,041 Americans. It ranked 17,927th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname McCook?
    In the 2010 Census, 75% of people named McCook identified as white (not Hispanic), and 16% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named McCook?
    John McCook, American actor (born 1944).
    Where is the surname McCook most common?
    Wikidata records people named McCook in the United States.
    What type of surname is McCook?
    McCook is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname McCook getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,370 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,559 in 2010, up 14%.