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    The surname Rook

    A surname, carried by 4,668 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex R200

    Rook: #7,165 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Rook #7,165, 4,668 people Rook: #7,165 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Rook #7,165, 4,668 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rook is more common than 95.6% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,668 people named Rook in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 66,141 Americans. That is down 2.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,766.

    #7,165
    rank among US surnames
    4,668
    people in 2010
    1.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    -2.1%
    change since 2000 (was #6,556)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #7,160Nasser4,67366,070
    #7,162Marcial4,67066,113
    #7,164Arzola4,66966,127
    #7,165Rook4,66866,141
    #7,167Lomas4,66766,155
    #7,171Arneson4,66566,183

    Who is named Rook

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

    90% of people named Rook identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 90%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 4.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Rook

    Rook has the Soundex code R200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R200.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Rook?
    4,668 people in the United States had the surname Rook in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 66,141 Americans. It ranked 7,165th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Rook?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Rook identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Rook getting more or less common?
    Less common. 4,766 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,668 in 2010, down 2.1%.