Cook meaning | Last name Cook origin

Cook is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, England. It is 4 characters long in length.

How popular is Cook?

Cook is common in United States, England, Australia, Canada, Scotland, South Africa, New Zealand, Wales, Thailand, Spain, Northern Ireland, Israel, France, Saudi Arabia, Argentina, Germany, Ireland, Palestine, Mexico, Brazil, Jamaica, Fiji, Zimbabwe, Japan, Netherlands, Honduras, Philippines, Chile, Iran, Norway, Trinidad and Tobago, Belgium, Morocco, Dominican Republic, Panama, Nigeria, Malaysia, Isle of Man, Switzerland, Jersey, Russia, Sweden, India.

Cook is ranked 917 on our list.

Cook is quite popular family name mostly used in United States however Nauru is ahead in terms of density. Around 577552 people have been found who wears Cook as their family name. Cook is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:

Immigrants to US

From Ireland

John Cook worked as workman and hailed from Great Britain. During the great famine, 22 years old embarked for USA from London on Prince Albert and arrived on March 13, 1846. 24 years old Thomas Cook, Jno. Cook, aged 20, Grace Cook, aged 21, 24 years old Bridget Cook, John Cook, aged 16, Shoemaker Honore Cook, Bridget Cook, aged 5, John Cook, aged 20, and 426 other Cook around 43.3% of whom were workman while others worked as farmer and servant, spinster, shoemaker, mechanic, shop keeper, gentleman, saddler, butcher, weaver, carpenter, joiner, confectioner migrated to US from London, Liverpool and Galway.

From Germany

26 years old cabinet maker Joseph Cook who was residing in Grosseneder, Germany migrated to New York on February 3, 1852 by Admiral put out from Bremen. Farmer Amelia Cook, Engineer F. Cook, S. Cook, 15 years old Georgewilliam Cook, 51 years old Kata.Elizb. Cook, 52 years old Leonard Cook, Maria Cook (27), 58 years old John Cook, and 29 other Cook majority of whom were farmer and others worked as laborer migrated to US from London, Bremen and Havre & London.

Cook Namesakes

• Matthew Cook, mathematician and computer scientist
• Philip W. Cook, American journalist
• Rick Cook, light fantasy author from the United States
• Joseph Cook, Australian politician
• Perry R. Cook, American computer music researcher and professor emeritus of computer science and music at Princeton University
• Julie Cook, former England and Great Britain field hockey goalkeeper
• Nathan E. Cook, sailor
• George Ramsay Cook, Canadian historian and general editor of the 'Dictionary of Canadian Biography'
• J. Lawrence Cook, most prolific piano roll artist in history
• Ann Turner Cook, American mystery novelist
• Josephus Flavius Cook, American philosophical lecturer, clergyman
• David J. Cook, American western lawman and City Marshal of Denver
• Arthur Bernard Cook, British classical scholar
• Patrick Cook, Patrick St
• Alonzo Cook, founder of the city of Garden Grove, California
• Len Cook, professional statistician
• Nancy Cook, American suffragist, educator, political organizer
• William Edwards Cook, American-born expatriate artist
• Wade Cook, American author and self-proclaimed financial guru
• Florence Cook, medium who claimed to materialise a spirit
• Kerry Max Cook, American former Death Row inmate
• James William Cook, lumber merchant and political figure
• Ron Cook, English actor who has been active in the theatre
• Thomas H. Cook, American author
• Ernest Cook, English philanthropist and businessman
• Clyde Cook, served as president of Biola University
• Otis Cook, Otis Pierce Cook Jr
• Zadock Cook, United States Representative from Georgia
• Myrtle Cook, Canadian athlete
• Robert F. Cook, served as the prime missionary responsible for the establishment of the Pentecostal movement
• Samuel Edward Cook, English writer
• Garry Cook, former British track and field athlete
• Lodwrick Cook, American businessman
• Nicholas Cook, British musicologist and writer born in Athens
• Charles D. Cook, US legislator
• Fred J. Cook, American investigative journalist whose prime years of reporting spanned
• Melvin A. Cook, American chemist, most known
• Ebenezer Wake Cook, water-colour painter
• Gilbert Cook, English cricketer, and English Rugby Union player
• Tom Cook, Canadian professional ice hockey forward
• Ephraim Cook, physician and political figure in Canada West
• John C. Cook, 19th-century American politician
• George W. Cook, U.S. Representative from Colorado
• John Parsons Cook, pioneer Iowa lawyer and one-term Whig U.S. Representative
• Samuel E. Cook, U.S. Representative from Indiana
• Bruce Alexander Cook,
• Stephen Cook, American-Canadian computer scientist and mathematician
• Robert L. Cook, computer graphics researcher and developer
• Orator F. Cook, Orator Fuller Cook Jr
• Philip J. Cook, ITT/Terry Sanford Professor of Public Policy at the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University
• James Cook, British explorer, navigator, cartographer
• Peter Cook, English actor, satirist, writer and comedian
• Robin Cook, British Labour Party politician,
• Monte Cook, American professional table-top role-playing game designer and writer

Cook Namesakes

• Matthew Cook, mathematician and computer scientist
• Philip W. Cook, American journalist
• Rick Cook, light fantasy author from the United States
• Joseph Cook, Australian politician
• Perry R. Cook, American computer music researcher and professor emeritus of computer science and music at Princeton University
• Julie Cook, former England and Great Britain field hockey goalkeeper
• Nathan E. Cook, sailor
• George Ramsay Cook, Canadian historian and general editor of the 'Dictionary of Canadian Biography'
• J. Lawrence Cook, most prolific piano roll artist in history
• Ann Turner Cook, American mystery novelist
• Josephus Flavius Cook, American philosophical lecturer, clergyman
• David J. Cook, American western lawman and City Marshal of Denver
• Arthur Bernard Cook, British classical scholar
• Patrick Cook, Patrick St
• Alonzo Cook, founder of the city of Garden Grove, California
• Len Cook, professional statistician
• Nancy Cook, American suffragist, educator, political organizer
• William Edwards Cook, American-born expatriate artist
• Wade Cook, American author and self-proclaimed financial guru
• Florence Cook, medium who claimed to materialise a spirit
• Kerry Max Cook, American former Death Row inmate
• James William Cook, lumber merchant and political figure
• Ron Cook, English actor who has been active in the theatre
• Thomas H. Cook, American author
• Ernest Cook, English philanthropist and businessman
• Clyde Cook, served as president of Biola University
• Otis Cook, Otis Pierce Cook Jr
• Zadock Cook, United States Representative from Georgia
• Myrtle Cook, Canadian athlete
• Robert F. Cook, served as the prime missionary responsible for the establishment of the Pentecostal movement
• Samuel Edward Cook, English writer
• Garry Cook, former British track and field athlete
• Lodwrick Cook, American businessman
• Nicholas Cook, British musicologist and writer born in Athens
• Charles D. Cook, US legislator
• Fred J. Cook, American investigative journalist whose prime years of reporting spanned
• Melvin A. Cook, American chemist, most known
• Ebenezer Wake Cook, water-colour painter
• Gilbert Cook, English cricketer, and English Rugby Union player
• Tom Cook, Canadian professional ice hockey forward
• Ephraim Cook, physician and political figure in Canada West
• John C. Cook, 19th-century American politician
• George W. Cook, U.S. Representative from Colorado
• John Parsons Cook, pioneer Iowa lawyer and one-term Whig U.S. Representative
• Samuel E. Cook, U.S. Representative from Indiana
• Bruce Alexander Cook,
• Stephen Cook, American-Canadian computer scientist and mathematician
• Robert L. Cook, computer graphics researcher and developer
• Orator F. Cook, Orator Fuller Cook Jr
• Philip J. Cook, ITT/Terry Sanford Professor of Public Policy at the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University
• James Cook, British explorer, navigator, cartographer
• Peter Cook, English actor, satirist, writer and comedian
• Robin Cook, British Labour Party politician,
• Monte Cook, American professional table-top role-playing game designer and writer

Related Family Names:

• Cook (Ireland, England)
• Cobbledick
• Cocek
• Cock (England, Netherlands)
• Cock (England, Netherlands)
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• Colbeck
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• Combrink (South Africa)
• Comstock (Ireland, Wales)
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