Cooke is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, England. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Cooke
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Ireland, England
Meaning:

The occupation. In Domesday there are several tenants styled Cocus, and one, 'quidam Coquus Regis.' Coke is an archaic form of the name. The Lond. Direct. has more than 250 traders of this surname.

Family name Cooke is variation of Cook. One who prepared food.

One who prepared food.

Variant form of the Cook. The occupation. In Domesday there are several tenants styled Cocus, and one, 'quidam Coquus Regis.' Coke is an archaic form of the name. The Lond. Direct. has more than 250 traders of this surname.

How popular is Cooke?

Cooke is common in United States, England, Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, Northern Ireland, Jamaica, Wales, Scotland, Liberia, Argentina, Thailand, Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Barbados, Bahamas, Trinidad and Tobago.

Cooke is ranked 4719 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Cooke bearers increased by 4.28 per cent in 2010 US census to 33223 since 2000, the surname slipped by 56 spots and ranked at 1056. The last name was found in around 1 per ten thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 77.96 80.5
Black 15.8 15.06
Hispanic or Latino 2.47 1.47
Others 2.03 1.37
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.17 1.16
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.56 0.44
Cooke is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Turks and Caicos Islands is ahead in terms of density. Around 119683 people have been found who wears Cooke as their family name. Cooke is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with ten thousands of Cooke:
927 United States46,136
172 England36,420
289 Australia12,214
Countries with thousands of Cooke:
579 Canada8,600
310 Ireland3,069
309 New Zealand1,968
3,603 South Africa1,933
209 Northern Ireland1,729
288 Jamaica1,691
211 Wales1,512
Countries with hundreds of Cooke:
939 Scotland930
1,262 Liberia378
13,217 Argentina273
47,062 Thailand258
13,137 Netherlands217
22,057 Saudi Arabia199
15,671 Spain193
335 Barbados171
372 Bahamas138
1,410 Trinidad and Tobago133
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
70,003 Brazil95
62,206 Germany93
5,063 Dominican Republic85
190 Isle of Man71
3,278 Singapore68
1,644 Guyana67
112,047 France66
87,396 Nigeria65
28,958 Zimbabwe55
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
9,154 Ecuador50
250,737 India50
16,684 Switzerland44
118 Turks and Caicos Islands39
37,745 Malaysia36
3,734 Luxembourg35
20,789 Sweden33
88,569 Italy31
19,854 United Arab Emirates31
613 Jersey30
390 Bermuda27
59,466 Greece24
767 Guernsey22
25,571 Norway22
170,869 Philippines20
33,734 Mexico18
20,476 Chile17
6,157 Panama17
63,354 Belgium15
4,769 China15
9,154 Sri Lanka15
11,535 Ghana14
64,097 Austria11
2,112 Belize11
32,022 Denmark11
83,447 Papua New Guinea11
1,440 United States Virgin Islands11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
741 Gibraltar10
3,802 Madagascar9
26,217 Estonia8
4,774 Hong Kong8
1,243 South Korea7
39,591 Venezuela7
1,436 Antigua and Barbuda6
105,647 Czechia6
55,922 Qatar6
493,300 Russia6
1,820 Saint Lucia6
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Workman John Cooke from Great Britain aboard the St. Patrick from Liverpool during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 25 years old when he arrived in New-York on March 27, 1846. James Cooke (20) Farmer, Maid Bridget Cooke, Workman John Cooke, William Cooke, aged 54, 28 years old Jas. Cooke, George Cooke, aged 20, W.E. Cooke, aged 29, Maid Margaret Cooke, Editor James Cooke, and 89 other Cooke around 67.86% of whom were workman while others worked as farmer and servant, spinster migrated to US from Liverpool, Cork, Halifax & Liverpool and London.

From Germany

Farmer Cornelius Cooke from Germany aboard the Hammonia from Hamburg & Southampton. He is registered to be 30 years old when he arrived in USA on July 31, 1858. George Cooke, aged 16, Lonze Cooke, 25 years old Pietro Cooke, H. Cooke (17) Seaman, Mabel Cooke (27), Frank Cooke (18) Farmer, 36 years old M. Cooke, are others that migrated to US from London, Havre, Liverpool & Queenstown, Vera Cruz and Antwerp.

Cooke Namesakes

  • Francis Cooke, Leiden Separatist
  • Deryck Cooke, British musician, musicologist and broadcaster
  • Barrie Cooke, English-born Irish abstract expressionist painter
  • Benjamin Cooke, English composer, organist and teacher
  • Anthony Cooke, eminent English humanist scholar
  • Arnold Cooke, British composer
  • Thomas Taplin Cooke, eminent English showman, born in Warwick
  • Pete Cooke, British computer games programmer
  • Augustus P. Cooke, mid-19th century United States Navy officer
  • Roy Lee Cooke, founding member of the Big Creek Missile Agency and one of the original Rocket Boys
  • Francis Judd Cooke, American composer, organist, cellist, pianist
  • Lynne Cooke, Senior Curator, Special Projects
  • Richard Joseph Cooke, bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South
  • Kaz Cooke, Australian author, cartoonist and broadcaster
  • Ethyle Cooke, American silent film actress of the 1910s
  • Alexander Cooke, actor
  • Baldwin Cooke, comedic American actor
  • Alanson Cooke, Canadian businessman and political figure
  • David O. Cooke, United States Department of Defense civilian administrator
  • Gresham Cooke, British Conservative Party politician
  • Mordecai Cubitt Cooke, English botanist and mycologist
  • Dorian Cooke, poet, MI6 operative
  • George Edwin Cooke, American amateur soccer player
  • Edward William Cooke, English landscape and marine painter, and gardener
  • Terence Cooke, American cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
  • William Fothergill Cooke, English inventor
  • Miriam Cooke, American academic
  • Anne Cooke, British biologist and academic
  • Sam Cooke, American singer, songwriter, and entrepreneur
  • Alistair Cooke, British-American journalist
  • Jay Cooke, American financier
  • Joseph Platt Cooke, American military officer
  • Howard Cooke, Governor-General of Jamaica
  • Marvel Cooke, pioneering American journalist, writer
  • Janet Cooke, former American journalist
  • Hope Cooke, American
  • Jack Kent Cooke, Canadian-American businessman
  • Matt Cooke, Canadian former professional ice hockey player
  • John Esten Cooke, American novelist, writer and poet
  • James W. Cooke, American naval officer
  • Charles Bowen Cooke, was
  • Baden Cooke, Australian retired professional racing cyclist
  • Dave Cooke, former politician in Ontario, Canada
  • Keith Cooke, American martial artist
  • Josh Cooke, American actor, songwriter, comedian and musician
  • Jennifer Cooke, American actress
  • Philip St. George Cooke, Philip St
  • Darwyn Cooke, Canadian comics artist, writer, cartoonist
  • Rose Terry Cooke, American author and poet
  • William W. Cooke, military officer
  • Antony Cooke, American cellist, recording artist
  • George Frederick Cooke, English actor
  • Sarah Palfrey Cooke, American tennis player whose career spanned two decades
  • Charlie Cooke, Scottish former footballer

Cooke Namesakes

  • Francis Cooke, Leiden Separatist
  • Deryck Cooke, British musician, musicologist and broadcaster
  • Barrie Cooke, English-born Irish abstract expressionist painter
  • Benjamin Cooke, English composer, organist and teacher
  • Anthony Cooke, eminent English humanist scholar
  • Arnold Cooke, British composer
  • Thomas Taplin Cooke, eminent English showman, born in Warwick
  • Pete Cooke, British computer games programmer
  • Augustus P. Cooke, mid-19th century United States Navy officer
  • Roy Lee Cooke, founding member of the Big Creek Missile Agency and one of the original Rocket Boys
  • Francis Judd Cooke, American composer, organist, cellist, pianist
  • Lynne Cooke, Senior Curator, Special Projects
  • Richard Joseph Cooke, bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South
  • Kaz Cooke, Australian author, cartoonist and broadcaster
  • Ethyle Cooke, American silent film actress of the 1910s
  • Alexander Cooke, actor
  • Baldwin Cooke, comedic American actor
  • Alanson Cooke, Canadian businessman and political figure
  • David O. Cooke, United States Department of Defense civilian administrator
  • Gresham Cooke, British Conservative Party politician
  • Mordecai Cubitt Cooke, English botanist and mycologist
  • Dorian Cooke, poet, MI6 operative
  • George Edwin Cooke, American amateur soccer player
  • Edward William Cooke, English landscape and marine painter, and gardener
  • Terence Cooke, American cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
  • William Fothergill Cooke, English inventor
  • Miriam Cooke, American academic
  • Anne Cooke, British biologist and academic
  • Sam Cooke, American singer, songwriter, and entrepreneur
  • Alistair Cooke, British-American journalist
  • Jay Cooke, American financier
  • Joseph Platt Cooke, American military officer
  • Howard Cooke, Governor-General of Jamaica
  • Marvel Cooke, pioneering American journalist, writer
  • Janet Cooke, former American journalist
  • Hope Cooke, American
  • Jack Kent Cooke, Canadian-American businessman
  • Matt Cooke, Canadian former professional ice hockey player
  • John Esten Cooke, American novelist, writer and poet
  • James W. Cooke, American naval officer
  • Charles Bowen Cooke, was
  • Baden Cooke, Australian retired professional racing cyclist
  • Dave Cooke, former politician in Ontario, Canada
  • Keith Cooke, American martial artist
  • Josh Cooke, American actor, songwriter, comedian and musician
  • Jennifer Cooke, American actress
  • Philip St. George Cooke, Philip St
  • Darwyn Cooke, Canadian comics artist, writer, cartoonist
  • Rose Terry Cooke, American author and poet
  • William W. Cooke, military officer
  • Antony Cooke, American cellist, recording artist
  • George Frederick Cooke, English actor
  • Sarah Palfrey Cooke, American tennis player whose career spanned two decades
  • Charlie Cooke, Scottish former footballer

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