# Alcock (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/alcock/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Middle English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,366 |
| US rank (2010) | 19,716 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 226,022 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.8% (1,303 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Allcock |

## Etymology

From a hypocoristic form of several given names beginning with Al-, like Alan and Alexander, + the Middle English diminutive suffix -cok. Compare other surname like Hancock and Wilcock.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Alcock in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 87% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 6.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 1.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Alcock in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Australia and the United Kingdom.

## People named Alcock

- Milly Alcock, Australian actress (born 2000)
- John Alcock, British captain in the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force (1892-1919)
- Charles W. Alcock, British cricketer, footballer and football administrator (1842-1907)
- Helen Troke, British badminton player

## Similar surnames

Alcocer, Alexis, Alcazar, Alejos, Allshouse, Ahlquist.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.