Cooks Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Cooks Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Cooks family

Profession Census Frequency
Living On Own Means 11
Dress Maker 9
General Labourer 9
General Servant Domestic 9
Cook Domestic 6
Farmer 6
Draper Assistant 5
Servant Domestic 5
Cotton Weaver 5
Commercial Clerk 4
House Painter 4
At School 4
Charwoman 3
Clerk 3
Domestic Servant 3
Solicitor 3
Laundress Wash 3
Labourer General 3
Game Keeper 3
Iron Moulder 3
Agricultural Labourer 2
Brick Layer 2
Ordinary Agricultural Labourer 2
Groom 2
Marble & Stone Mason 2

Cooks Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Cox 40% 328,667
2 Cocks 80% 14,051
3 Cooks 100% 5,539
4 Coakes 67% 1,666
5 Cookes 83% 1,159
6 Cakes 40% 760
7 Coaks 80% 484
8 Cokes 60% 404
9 Coxe 40% 320
10 Cockes 67% 136

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The surname Cooks is the 3rd most popular variant of Cox.

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