Cook is an occupational surname of English origin.[2] Notable people with the surname include:

Cook
Cooks
Origin
Language(s)Old English
MeaningCook (domestic worker)
Other names
Variant form(s)Koch, Kok, Cooke, Cooker, Cock, Cocks, and Cox, Cuoco, Kuharić, Kuvarić
Frequency comparisons:[1]
  • Octavia Cook (born 1978), New Zealand jeweller
  • Olive Cook (1912–2002), British writer and artist
  • Oliver Cook (born 1990), British rower
  • Omar Cook (born 1982), American-born, naturalized Montenegrin professional basketball player
  • Omar Cook (American football) (born 1992), American football defensive back
  • Orator F. Cook (1867–1949), American botanist, entomologist, and agronomist
  • Orchard Cook (1763–1819), U.S. Representative from Massachusetts
  • Orval R. Cook (1898–1980), United States Air Force four-star general
  • Oscar Cook (1888–1952), British author of novels, non-fiction works and short stories with a supernatural theme
  • Óscar Alvarado Cook (born 1944), Mexican politician from the Institutional Revolutionary Party
  • Otis Cook (1900–1980), American painter born in New Bedford, Massachusetts
  • Quentin L. Cook (born 1940), American lawyer, business executive, and religious leader in the LDS Church
  • Quinn Cook (born 1993), American basketball player
  • Yassar Cook (born 1993), South African first-class cricketer
  • Yvette Cook, known as "Lady E", member of Newcleus, American electro and old school hip hop group
  • Zachary Cook (fl. 2000s–2010s), American politician, Republican member of the New Mexico House of Representatives
  • Zadock Cook (1769–1863), United States Representative from Georgia

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References

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  1. ^ "Cook Surname Meaning and Distribution". forebears.co.uk. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
  2. ^ Browne, W.A.F.; Reaney, P.H.; Wilson, R.M.; Scull, A. (1991). A Dictionary of English Surnames. Tavistock classics in the history of psychiatry. Routledge. p. 732. ISBN 978-0-415-05737-0. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
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