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    The surname Rooks

    A surname, carried by 6,883 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex R200

    Rooks: #5,086 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Rooks #5,086, 6,883 people Rooks: #5,086 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Rooks #5,086, 6,883 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rooks is more common than 96.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,883 people named Rooks in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 44,856 Americans. That is up 3.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,625.

    #5,086
    rank among US surnames
    6,883
    people in 2010
    2.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.9%
    change since 2000 (was #4,867)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,077Bischoff6,89744,765
    #5,079Davalos6,89444,785
    #5,080Doolittle6,89344,791
    #5,081Poulin6,89244,798
    #5,082Stoker6,88844,824
    #5,083Corder6,88744,830
    #5,085Belk6,88644,837

    Who is named Rooks

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

    64% of people named Rooks identified as white (not Hispanic), 30% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 64%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 30%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
    • Two or more races 2.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Rookss

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Kenneth Rooks
      American athlete, born 1999
    • Sean Rooks
      American basketball player-coach, 1969–2016
    • Conrad Rooks
      American film director (1934–2011)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Rooks

    Rooks 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 Rooks?
    6,883 people in the United States had the surname Rooks in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 44,856 Americans. It ranked 5,086th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Rooks?
    In the 2010 Census, 64% of people named Rooks identified as white (not Hispanic), and 30% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Rooks?
    Kenneth Rooks, American athlete, followed by Sean Rooks.
    Where is the surname Rooks most common?
    Wikidata records people named Rooks in the United States.
    Is the surname Rooks getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,625 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,883 in 2010, up 3.9%.