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    The surname Bock

    A surname, carried by 13,382 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex B200

    Bock: #2,691 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Bock #2,691, 13,382 people Bock: #2,691 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Bock #2,691, 13,382 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bock is more common than 98.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 13,382 people named Bock in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 23,072 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 13,369.

    #2,691
    rank among US surnames
    13,382
    people in 2010
    4.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.1%
    change since 2000 (was #2,476)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,682Scherer13,42123,005
    #2,683Darden13,41423,017
    #2,684Joy13,41323,018
    #2,685Tirado13,41023,024
    #2,686Robb13,40223,037
    #2,687Templeton13,39623,048
    #2,688Rinehart13,39223,054

    Who is named Bock

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    94% of people named Bock identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Bocks

    4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Ute Bock
      Austrian educator and humanitarian (1942–2018)
    • Jerry Bock
      American theatre composer (1928-2010)
    • Frederick C. Bock
      American pilot, 1918–2000
    • Brittany Bock
      American soccer player, born 1987

    Notable Bocks come mostly from the United States (3) and Austria (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Bock

    Bock has the Soundex code B200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B200.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Bock?
    13,382 people in the United States had the surname Bock in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 23,072 Americans. It ranked 2,691st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bock?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Bock identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Bock?
    Ute Bock, Austrian educator and humanitarian (1942–2018), followed by Jerry Bock.
    Where is the surname Bock most common?
    Wikidata records people named Bock in the United States and Austria.
    Is the surname Bock getting more or less common?
    More common. 13,369 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,382 in 2010, up 0.1%.