Cook Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

Cook Name Meaning: Of English origin and taken from the Old English ‘coc’ meaning a seller of cooked-meats or a keeper of an eating house.

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Cook Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Cook family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 8,080
Agricultural Labourer 1,655
Labourer 1,098
Domestic Servant 584
General Servant 535
Dress Maker 428
Coal Miner 357
Laundress 342
Servant 282
House Keeper 259
Carpenter 258
Farm Labourer 221
Cotton Weaver 220
Gardener 200
Annuitant 187
Farm Servant 177
Blacksmith 174
Shoe Maker 171
Cook 160
Ag Labourer 150
Tailor 131
Nurse 126
General Servant Domestic 125
Wife Of Above 113
Bricklayer 111

Cook Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Cook 100% 414,991
2 Cooke 80% 121,005
3 Cock 75% 31,564
4 Coke 50% 3,653
5 Cake 25% 3,025
6 Icke 0% 835
7 Coch 50% 674
8 Coak 75% 579
9 Cooch 60% 511
10 Coake 60% 439
11 Coock 80% 331
12 Cok 75% 293
13 Eicke 20% 142
14 Kock 50% 138
15 Eck 25% 112
16 Ick 25% 106

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The surname Cook is the most popular version of all its varients

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