Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.
COOKE
There are approximately 43,473 people named Cooke in the UK. That makes it the 195th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 688 are named Cooke.
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
CookCookey
Cooker
Coocke
Coock
Ccook
Coeke
Cookes
Cookee
Coecke
Cookie
Coockes
Cookew
Coocks
Coec
Cooc
Coek
Coeq
Cooki
Coockoe
Cooka
Cookc
Coockey
The Cooke surname in historical dictionaries
An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857)
One whose occupation it is to prepare victuals for the table.
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.