# Brock (surname)

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

An English and Scottish surname from Middle English, a variant of Brook, or originally a nickname for someone thought to resemble a badger (Middle English broc(k)).

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | nickname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 61,369 |
| US rank (2010) | 546 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 5,031 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.8% (59,682 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /bɹɑk/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Brock 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) | 83% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 12% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Brock in the United States, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Australia, Germany, the United Kingdom and Brazil.

## People named Brock

- Isaac Brock, British army officer and administrator, Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada
- Isaac Brock, American musician
- Napoleon Murphy Brock, American singer, saxophonist and flautist
- Lou Brock, American baseball player (1939–2020)
- Peter Brock, Australian racing driver (1945–2006)
- Allison Brock, American equestrian
- Thomas Brock, British artist (1847–1922)
- Bazon Brock, Art critic, artist, professor (born 1936)
- Deidre Brock, Australian-Scottish politician (born 1961)
- Eduardo Brock, Brazilian association football player
- Calvin Brock, American boxer
- William Emerson Brock, American politician (1872–1950)

and 2 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Brooke, Brook, Brack, Brokaw, Bork, Brickey, Brick, Bruck, Brooks, Brockway, Broach, Brochu.

## 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.