Tracing the Crooke Family Name

Ask a genealogist about Crooke and the first name they will mention is Crook. The name is generally explained as “Bend”. Crooke adds “e” to Crook, a small change that appeared as the name was written down. Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard. The same family of names includes Crooks.

878 Americans were listed as Crooke in the 2010 census. That is enough to place it in the top 50,000 American surnames.

Arms linked to Crook and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. Get the complete Crooke report, with a museum-style coat of arms.