COOK is ranked as the 40th most popular family name in the United States with an
estimated population of 463,294.
This name is in the 99th percentile, this means that nearly 0%
of all the last names are more popular.
There are 145.3 people named COOK for every 100,000 Americans.
This name is most often used as a last name, 100% of the time.
Based on US Census Bureau data the estimated population of people named COOK is
348,142, the rank is 60
and the proportion per 100k Americans named COOK is 109.28.
The race and Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name
COOK is
83.5% White,
1.4% Hispanic origin,
12.3% Black,
0.4% Asian or Pacific Islander,
1.5% Two or More Races,
and 0.9% American Indian or Alaskan Native.
These figures should be considered only as a rough estimate.
The purpose of this graph is to compare the name's specific race and
Hispanic origin distribution to the distribution
in the general population of the US.
The vertical blue bars represent the race distribution of people that have the name.
The yellow horizontal lines represent the race distribution of the general population.
The amount by which the blue bars extend past the yellow horizontal lines determines
how likely a person with the name will be part of a given race or Hispanic origin group.
On this basis, the people with the name COOK have a higher likelyhood of being White and a lower likelyhood of being Hispanic origin.
Ethnic and Cultural Name Categories
The first name COOK is included in the following name categories:
Not Categorized
Race & Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name COOK
The state with the most people named
COOK is
Texas where
40,768 people have this name.
West Virginia is the state where you are most
likely to meet a person named COOK, as
273.73 in every 100,000
West Virginians
have this name.
Highest percentile rank of any state for this name is
99th, this rank was reached in the states of
Michigan.
West Virginia is the state with the biggest
positive difference between the actual state population and the
projected state population based on the national average.
(where the blue bar extends past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 more
people than projected.
The state with the biggest negative difference is
Hawaii
(where the blue bar does not extend past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 fewer
people than projected.
Midwest States
State stats for the first name COOK
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Illinois
14,720
114.28
100.0%
Indiana
12,067
182.92
100.0%
Iowa
5,613
180.65
100.0%
Kansas
5,218
179.68
100.0%
Michigan
18,977
191.5
100.0%
Minnesota
5,091
93.28
100.0%
Missouri
7,585
253.33
99.9%
Nebraska
2,372
126.06
99.9%
North Dakota
507
68.51
99.5%
Ohio
18,040
155.6
100.0%
South Dakota
619
72.55
99.6%
Wisconsin
6,158
106.95
100.0%
West States
State stats for the first name COOK
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Alaska
1,019
138.36
99.8%
Arizona
9,442
140.27
100.0%
California
38,546
99.34
100.0%
Colorado
7,428
138.7
100.0%
Hawaii
692
48.77
99.6%
Idaho
3,451
211.14
99.9%
Montana
1,483
144.85
99.9%
Nevada
3,274
115.32
99.9%
New Mexico
2,413
115.71
99.8%
Oregon
7,379
185.86
100.0%
Utah
6,857
233.01
99.9%
Washington
11,825
167.45
100.0%
Wyoming
1,138
194.75
99.9%
Northeast States
State stats for the first name COOK
Shown are the top 20 most likely full names that have COOK as a last name.
The length of the bars represents an estimate of the the number of people with the name expressed as
a percentage of all the people named COOK.
The most popular full name is James COOK.
1.95% of all the people named COOK
have this given name.
There are 6784 first
names associated with this last name.