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The hook Surname

hook Name Meaning and History

  1. English (southern): from Middle English hoke, Old English hoc ‘hook’, in any of a variety of senses: as a metonymic occupational name for someone who made and sold hooks as agricultural implements or employed them in his work; as a topographic name for someone who lived by a ‘hook’ of land, i.e. the bend of a river or the spur of a hill; or as a nickname (in part a survival of an Old English byname) for someone with a hunched back or a hooked nose. A similar ambiguity of interpretation presents itself in the case of Crook. In some cases the surname may be habitational from any of various places named Hook(e), from this word, as for example in Devon, Dorset, Hampshire, Surrey, Wiltshire, and Worcestershire.
  2. Swedish (Hö(ö)k): nickname or a metonymic occupational name from hök ‘hawk’, a soldier’s name.

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Distribution of hook Families in the US in 1920
Vermont: Less than 1% (9 of 2580)New Hampshire: 1% (30 of 2580)Maryland: 5% (120 of 2580)Delaware: Less than 1% (5 of 2580)New Jersey: 3% (82 of 2580)Connecticut: 1% (14 of 2580)Rhode Island: Less than 1% (5 of 2580)Massachusetts: 3% (75 of 2580)Hawaii: Less than 1% (12 of 2580)Alaska: Less than 1% (1 of 2580)California: 5% (120 of 2580)Nevada: Less than 1% (5 of 2580)Oregon: 1% (18 of 2580)Washington: 1% (28 of 2580)Idaho: Less than 1% (10 of 2580)Utah: Less than 1% (5 of 2580)Arizona: Less than 1% (6 of 2580)New Mexico: Less than 1% (10 of 2580)Colorado: 1% (27 of 2580)Wyoming: Less than 1% (6 of 2580)Montana: Less than 1% (2 of 2580)North Dakota: Less than 1% (4 of 2580)South Dakota: 1% (17 of 2580)Nebraska: 1% (32 of 2580)Kansas: 2% (57 of 2580)Oklahoma: 2% (48 of 2580)Texas: 2% (60 of 2580)Minnesota: 1% (28 of 2580)Iowa: 4% (108 of 2580)Missouri: 5% (127 of 2580)Arkansas: 1% (34 of 2580)Louisiana: Less than 1% (8 of 2580)Illinois: 6% (145 of 2580)Wisconsin: 2% (43 of 2580)Michigan: 4% (104 of 2580)Indiana: 4% (110 of 2580)Ohio: 10% (256 of 2580)Kentucky: 3% (74 of 2580)West Virginia: 1% (31 of 2580)Tennessee: 1% (19 of 2580)Mississippi: Less than 1% (5 of 2580)Alabama: 1% (18 of 2580)Florida: Less than 1% (12 of 2580)Georgia: 1% (38 of 2580)South Carolina: 4% (109 of 2580)North Carolina: 1% (15 of 2580)Virginia: 2% (45 of 2580)Maryland: 5% (120 of 2580)Delaware: Less than 1% (5 of 2580)New Jersey: 3% (82 of 2580)Pennsylvania: 10% (247 of 2580)New York: 7% (173 of 2580)Connecticut: 1% (14 of 2580)Rhode Island: Less than 1% (5 of 2580)Massachusetts: 3% (75 of 2580)Vermont: Less than 1% (9 of 2580)New Hampshire: 1% (30 of 2580)Maine: Less than 1% (11 of 2580)
Number of hook families
 129-256
 44-128		 1-43
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