Cooks is used as a family name or surname in South Africa. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Cooks
No. of characters: 5
Origin: South Africa
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Cooks

How popular is Cooks?

Cooks is common in South Africa.

Cooks is ranked 61812 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Cookses grew by 11.41875 per cent to 6157 since 2000 and ranked 5640 after elevating 100 spots. The last name was found in around 21 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Black 88.79 89.65
White 5.15 5.9
Others 3.46 2.23
Hispanic or Latino 2.23 1.83
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.28 0.18
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.1 0.22
Cooks is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while South Africa is ahead in terms of density. Around 7443 people have been found who wears Cooks as their family name. Cooks is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
318,252 Ukraine6
101,066 Zimbabwe5
1,219,338 India3
40,064 Nigeria2
12,161 Wales2
139,444 Brazil2
31,584 Peru1
151,601 Spain1
30,360 Thailand1
3,952 Yemen1
7,191 Afghanistan1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
7,847 Albania1
15,705 Cameroon1
2,037 Cayman Islands1
34,581 Chile1
172,258 Germany1
17,236 Ghana1
42,479 Greece1
153,416 Italy1
40,340 Malaysia1
56,169 Mexico1
16,640 Hong Kong1
58,885 Poland1
4,435 Togo1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
155,398 France49
43,851 Netherlands44
85,726 Canada32
42,407 Sweden22
406,964 Russia14
29,517 New Zealand12
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
31,215 Australia72
14,658 Israel71
53,069 England70
Countries with thousands of Cooks:
6,502 United States5,940
6,027 South Africa1,078
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Painter Maurice Cooks from Great Britain aboard the Anna Tift from Liverpool during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 21 years old when he arrived in USA on October 28, 1850. Edward Cooks, aged 18, are other Cooks that migrated to US.

Cooks Namesakes

  • Catherine Cookson, Author
  • Steve Cookson, Soccer player
  • Barrie Cookson, Actor
  • Bertie Cooksley, Politician
  • Brandin Cooks, Football wide receiver
  • Briana Cooksey, Grey Cooksey's sister
  • Catherine Cookson, Author
  • Danny Cooksey, Actor
  • Jack Cookson, Politician
  • Drevon Cooks, Actor
  • Marcelto Cooks portrayed crucial character of Big Six in 2013 drama flick The Turning Point.

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