# Rooks (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/rooks/  
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 | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 6,883 |
| US rank (2010) | 5,086 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 44,856 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.9% (6,625 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Rooks 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) | 64% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 30% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.4% |
| Two or more races | 2.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Rooks in the United States.

## People named Rooks

- Kenneth Rooks, American athlete
- Sean Rooks, American basketball player-coach
- Conrad Rooks, American film director (1934–2011)

## Similar surnames

Ross, Rock, Rojo, Roos, Rook, Roose, Roosa, Reyes, Ruiz, Rose, Rice, Rios.

## 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.