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.
Discover how your Cook ancestors earned their living and spread across the country. Find out more about your family history by using the Free Search box.| Bedfordshire | 919 |
| Buckinghamshire | 519 |
| Berkshire | 794 |
| Cambridgeshire | 521 |
| Channel Islands | 46 |
| Cheshire | 686 |
| Cornwall | 423 |
| Cumberland | 305 |
| Derbyshire | 772 |
| Devon | 1,154 |
| Dorset | 279 |
| Durham | 2,134 |
| Essex | 2,504 |
| Gloucestershire | 2,279 |
| Hampshire | 1,910 |
| Herefordshire | 212 |
| Hertfordshire | 715 |
| Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 171 |
| Isle of Man | 10 |
| Kent | 1,870 |
| Lancashire | 5,074 |
| Leicestershire | 704 |
| Lincolnshire | 1,888 |
| London | 9,924 |
| Middlesex | 1,397 |
| Northumberland | 820 |
| Norfolk | 939 |
| Northamptonshire | 648 |
| Nottinghamshire | 1,242 |
| Oxfordshire | 528 |
| Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 171 |
| Shropshire | 197 |
| Suffolk | 1,796 |
| Somerset | 1,383 |
| Surrey | 1,311 |
| Sussex | 1,023 |
| Staffordshire | 1,554 |
| Warwickshire | 1,716 |
| Westmorland | 24 |
| Wiltshire | 1,024 |
| Worcestershire | 1,042 |
| Yorkshire | 4,597 |
| Anglesey | 0 |
| Brecknockshire | 40 |
| Cardiganshire | 2 |
| Carnarvonshire | 13 |
| Carmarthenshire | 14 |
| Denbighshire | 20 |
| Flintshire | 2 |
| Glamorgan | 826 |
| Merionethshire | 8 |
| Montgomeryshire | 10 |
| Monmouthshire | 621 |
| Pembrokeshire | 63 |
| Radnorshire | 1 |
| Profession | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Scholar | 9,472 |
| Agricultural Labourer | 1,221 |
| General Labourer | 883 |
| Coal Miner | 719 |
| Domestic Servant | 558 |
| Labourer | 487 |
| Dress Maker | 472 |
| Living On Own Means | 446 |
| Farmer | 375 |
| General Servant Domestic | 355 |
| Farm Labourer | 353 |
| General Servant | 334 |
| Laundress | 330 |
| Cotton Weaver | 321 |
| Living On Her Own Means | 276 |
| Carpenter | 236 |
| Gardener | 235 |
| House Keeper | 201 |
| Blacksmith | 200 |
| Clerk | 179 |
| General Domestic Servant | 165 |
| Farm Servant | 159 |
| Cook Domestic Servant | 148 |
| Tailoress | 146 |
| Errand Boy | 140 |
| Name | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| William Cook | 28,102 |
| Mary Cook | 25,538 |
| John Cook | 23,323 |
| Elizabeth Cook | 17,734 |
| George Cook | 15,988 |
| Thomas Cook | 14,792 |
| Sarah Cook | 14,516 |
| James Cook | 12,753 |
| Charles Cook | 10,072 |
| Ann Cook | 9,133 |
| Henry Cook | 8,749 |
| Jane Cook | 7,838 |
| Eliza Cook | 6,792 |
| Joseph Cook | 6,672 |
| Emma Cook | 5,819 |
| Alice Cook | 5,641 |
| Ellen Cook | 5,593 |
| Annie Cook | 5,143 |
| Robert Cook | 5,121 |
| Frederick Cook | 5,015 |
| Alfred Cook | 4,859 |
| Edward Cook | 4,357 |
| Emily Cook | 4,288 |
| Hannah Cook | 4,243 |
| Arthur Cook | 4,200 |
| 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 |
The surname Cook is the most popular version of all its varients