Brooks last name ethnicity?

Question:i've seen so many african-americans with the last name brooks, and not many caucasians with it. Is it more of a black or white last name?

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: i've seen so many african-americans with the last name brooks, and not many caucasians with it. Is it more of a black or white last name?

This is what www.ancestry.com has to say about the name,
Brooks
English: from the possessive case of Brook (i.e. ‘of the brook’).
Jewish (Ashkenazic): Americanized form of one or more like-sounding Jewish surnames.
Americanized spelling of German Brucks.
hope this helps.

Names do not belong to races. It is not a "black" or "white" name.

You are incorrect.. no name is more one ethnic background than another. I have a number of family members with the name, who are not African American.
I've never seen an atom bomb, but that does not mean it isn't out there. You can't take your experience, and use it as a valid factual statement.

My husband is a Brooks. It is German and original spelling was Brux. My husbands grandfather came here from Germany with his father in 1911.