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{{Infobox surname|name=Cooke|region=England, Ireland|variant forms=Cook, McCook, MacCook, MacCuagh, MacCooge, Mac Dhabhóc, Mac Uag, Mac Cúg|derivation=Derived from the occupation of cook and anglicisation of various Gaelic names}}

Cooke is a surname{{cite book

| last1 = Browne

| first1 = W.A.F.

| last2 = Reaney

| first2 = P.H.

| last3 = Wilson

| first3 = R.M.

| last4 = Scull

| first4 = A.

| title = A Dictionary of English Surnames

| publisher = Routledge

| series = Tavistock classics in the history of psychiatry

| year = 1991

| isbn = 978-0-415-05737-0

| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=5sVq7VQlNwcC&pg=PA732

| access-date = 26 August 2018

| page = 732

}} of English and Irish origin derived from the occupation of cook and anglicisation of various Gaelic names. Variants include Cook and McCook.

Irish surname origin

Cooke (rather than Cook) is the usual spelling of the surname in Ireland, where it is found throughout all four provinces. In Connacht, Cooke is the modern anglicized form of the Gaelic name Mac Dhabhóc (also called Mac Uag).{{Cite book |last=MacLysaght |first=Edward |title=The surnames of Ireland |publisher=Irish Acad. Pr |year=1985 |isbn=978-0-7165-2366-6 |edition=6th |location=Dublin |pages=57 |language=}} In Leinster, it is mainly an occupational name, long established there.{{Cite book |last=MacLysaght |first=Edward |title=The surnames of Ireland |publisher=Irish Acad. Pr |year=1985 |isbn=978-0-7165-2366-6 |edition=6th |location=Dublin}} In 1465, a law was passed that impacted Gaelic surnames in several counties in Leinster, specifically, Dublin, Meath, Louth and Kildare. The law required that "every Irishman, dwelling betwixt or amongst Englishmen... shall take to him an English surname of one town, as Sutton, Chester, Trim, Skryne, Cork, Kinsale; or colour, as white, black, browne; or art or science, as smith or carpenter; or office, as cooke, butler...".{{Cite book |last=D'alton |first=John |title=The History of the County Dublin |publisher=HardPress Limited |year=2019 |isbn=978-0371350768 |pages=33}} In Ulster, many Cookes descend from the MacCooks (MacCuagh) of Kintyre, a branch of the Clan MacDonald.{{Cite book |last=Bell |first=Robert |title=The Book of Ulster Surnames |publisher=Ulster Historical Foundation |year=2021 |isbn=978-1909556867 |pages=37}}

The surname was distributed throughout Ireland in the mid-nineteenth century. The highest numbers of Cooke households were found in counties Cavan, Galway, and Armagh, reflecting a strong presence in both Connacht and Ulster. Other areas, such as Cork and Tipperary, also had significant numbers of households. Below is the detailed distribution of Cooke households by county:{{Cite web |last=Grenham |first=John |title=Cooke Irish Genealogy |url=https://www.johngrenham.com/findasurname.php?surname=Cooke}}

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! colspan="2" |Distribution of Cooke households in Ireland (mid-19th century)

Cavan: 61

|Offaly: 18

Galway: 51

|Leitrim: 17

Armagh: 45

|Fermanagh: 15

Tyrone: 43

|Down: 13

Tipperary: 40

|Laois: 12

Antrim: 34

|Monaghan: 11

Cork: 34

|Kildare: 10

Derry: 32

|Waterford: 9

Westmeath: 31

|Louth: 8

Kilkenny: 30

|Wicklow: 6

Donegal: 26

|Kerry: 6

Limerick: 26

|Longford: 6

Wexford: 26

|Carlow: 6

Dublin: 25

|Mayo: 3

Sligo: 24

|Roscommon: 3

Meath: 18

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English surname origin

Cooke is a variant of the more common spelling Cook.

People with the surname

Notable people with the surname include:

Fictional characters with the surname

See also

References

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