How common is the last name Cook?

290,386 people in the United States have the last name Cook, about 1 in 1,029. It ranks #66 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

COOK

#66

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
290,386
About
1 in 1,029
This common or more
13.9%
Who bears it

Of the 290,386 people with the last name Cook, 78.9% reported their origin as White, 12.2% as Black and 4.2% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Cook

#64 Morris · 307,446#65 Murphy · 298,047#67 Rogers · 289,242#68 Ortiz · 288,277

Spelled almost the same

5 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Cook, most common first.

#1,096 Cooke · 31,451#5,323 Cooks · 6,320#73,555 Cok · 284#87,019 Coak · 230#126,357 Cock · 142

Also a first name

As a first name, Cook ranks #34,544 of 53,615, with 236 people. See Cook as a first name

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