Kook

Two main origins:

• Borrowed from Dutch Kook, an occupational surname for a baker or cook
• Variant spelling of the Korean surname 극 (geuk); compare Kuk.

Kook (plural Kooks)

1. A surname.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Kook is the 41657^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 522 individuals. Kook is most common among White (51.53%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (44.83%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Kook”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 336.

From Middle Low German kôke, from Old Saxon *kōko, from Proto-Germanic *kōkô (“cake; roll; bun”). Related to cake, cookie.

Kook m (plural Koken)

1. cake

• Hönnigkook
• Pannkook