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There are approximately 105,111 people named Cook in the UK. That makes it the 62nd most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 1,664 are named Cook.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

England

Language of origin

English

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

English
Occupational Name

Related and similar surnames

Cooke
Cookey
Cookis
Coo
Ccook
Cookk
Coock
Coek
Cooc
Coocke
Cooki
Cookc
Cooka
Cookes
Coeke
Coeck
Cookie
Cookii
Cookee
Coocks
Coecke
Cookce
Cookew
Cookhe

The Cook surname in historical dictionaries

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

COOK. COOKE. The occupation. In Domesd. there are several tenants stjdcd 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.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

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