Cognomen Rooks (Rooks 
, Рукс 
) , globally, is quite a common last name. The surname Rooks is habitual in Trinidad and Tobago, where it is quite a rare surname, Netherlands, and Estonia. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is commonest in the United States, Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. Very seldom, Rooks is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Rooks | Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States, Netherlands |
| Рукс | Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine |
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albert h. rooks United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient, US (b. 1891) |
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| george rooks American baseball player, US (b. 1863) |
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| albertus john rooks American university president, US (b. 1869) |
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| billy rooks English footballer (1890–1972), GB (b. 1890) |
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steven rooks road bicycle racer, NL (b. 1960) |
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sean rooks American basketball player-coach, US (b. 1969) |
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| alfred g. rooks (b. 1910) |
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| charles shelby rooks (b. 1924) |
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| conrad rooks American film director (1934–2011), US (b. 1934) |
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| ivar rooks (b. 1933) |
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| loyd rooks Dutch football player, NL (b. 1948) |
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| pamela rooks Indian film director, IN (b. 1958) |
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| noliwe rooks American academic and writer, US (b. 1963) |
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| tegwen rooks Colombian rower, CO (b. 1972) |
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| kathryn elizabeth rooks (born 1979) (b. 1979) |
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