Hook Name Meaning: From old English Hoc 'hook',an occupational name for someone who made or perhaps sold hooks.Also topographical for someone who lived by a hook of land.
Hooks were often sold as agricultural implements,employed in work. Quite possibly a nickname for someone with a hunched back or a hooked nose.
Discover how your Hook ancestors earned their living and spread across the country. Find out more about your family history by using the Free Search box.Bedfordshire | 0 |
Buckinghamshire | 50 |
Berkshire | 0 |
Cambridgeshire | 26 |
Channel Islands | 2 |
Cheshire | 14 |
Cornwall | 5 |
Cumberland | 0 |
Derbyshire | 10 |
Devon | 126 |
Dorset | 25 |
Durham | 17 |
Essex | 19 |
Gloucestershire | 288 |
Hampshire | 21 |
Herefordshire | 26 |
Hertfordshire | 11 |
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 23 |
Isle of Man | 0 |
Kent | 402 |
Lancashire | 71 |
Leicestershire | 37 |
Lincolnshire | 9 |
London | 393 |
Middlesex | 8 |
Northumberland | 54 |
Norfolk | 270 |
Northamptonshire | 2 |
Nottinghamshire | 17 |
Oxfordshire | 10 |
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 23 |
Shropshire | 3 |
Suffolk | 25 |
Somerset | 160 |
Surrey | 137 |
Sussex | 335 |
Staffordshire | 18 |
Warwickshire | 12 |
Westmorland | 0 |
Wiltshire | 23 |
Worcestershire | 44 |
Yorkshire | 37 |
Anglesey | 0 |
Brecknockshire | 0 |
Cardiganshire | 0 |
Carnarvonshire | 0 |
Carmarthenshire | 0 |
Denbighshire | 0 |
Flintshire | 1 |
Glamorgan | 2 |
Merionethshire | 0 |
Montgomeryshire | 0 |
Monmouthshire | 3 |
Pembrokeshire | 3 |
Radnorshire | 0 |
Profession | Census Frequency |
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Agricultural Labourer | 195 |
Female Servant | 114 |
Independent | 61 |
Labourer | 56 |
Male Servant | 40 |
Ag Labourer | 38 |
Farmer | 29 |
Carpenter | 23 |
Ag Lab | 15 |
Tailor | 12 |
Baker | 12 |
Apprentice | 11 |
Hoop Maker | 11 |
Shoe Maker | 11 |
Butcher | 10 |
Servant | 10 |
Coal Miner | 9 |
Dress Maker | 8 |
Laundress | 7 |
Brick Layer | 7 |
Mariner | 6 |
Bricklayer | 6 |
Sawyer | 6 |
Waterman | 6 |
Gardener | 6 |
Name | Census Frequency |
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William Hook | 2,020 |
Mary Hook | 1,924 |
John Hook | 1,562 |
Elizabeth Hook | 1,350 |
George Hook | 1,350 |
James Hook | 1,071 |
Thomas Hook | 998 |
Sarah Hook | 980 |
Henry Hook | 856 |
Charles Hook | 775 |
Ann Hook | 675 |
Jane Hook | 550 |
Eliza Hook | 546 |
Ellen Hook | 500 |
Robert Hook | 466 |
Alice Hook | 450 |
Frederick Hook | 443 |
Emma Hook | 427 |
Alfred Hook | 418 |
Edward Hook | 412 |
Annie Hook | 407 |
Emily Hook | 391 |
Joseph Hook | 383 |
Richard Hook | 352 |
Arthur Hook | 315 |
Rank | Surname | Match | Census Frequency |
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1 | Hook | 100% | 33,387 |
2 | Hooke | 80% | 3,826 |
3 | Hake | 25% | 3,277 |
4 | Hock | 75% | 2,352 |
5 | Huke | 25% | 1,526 |
6 | Heak | 50% | 194 |
7 | Hoke | 50% | 182 |
8 | Hoch | 50% | 133 |
9 | Heek | 50% | 131 |
10 | Hek | 50% | 120 |
The surname Hook is the most popular version of all its varients