Last Name COOKS

Summary/Contribute


Meaning The son of the cook. It is not often an occupative name takes the patronymic as if it were a personal name.
Origin English, Irish

Rank 5,740 (2000 US census) 3,424 (1990 US census)
Count 5,526 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 5.9%, or 326 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 89.65%, or 4954 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.22%, or 12 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.18%, or 10 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 2.23%, or 123 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.83%, or 101 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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