How common is the surname Brock?

61,369 people in the United States had the surname Brock in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 5,031 Americans. It ranked 546th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Brock?

Isaac Brock, British army officer and administrator, Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada, followed by Isaac Brock.

Where is the surname Brock most common?

Wikidata records people named Brock in the United States, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Australia and 3 other countries.

How do you pronounce Brock?

Brock is /bɹɑk/, one syllable.

Is the surname Brock getting more or less common?

More common. 59,682 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 61,369 in 2010, up 2.8%.

Is Brock also a first name?

Yes. Brock is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Brock

A nickname surname, carried by 61,369 people in the United States.

Pronounced /bɹɑk/ 1 syllable Soundex B620 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Brock is more common than 99.7% of them.

Origin

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)).

Brock is a nickname surname: from a description or nickname of an ancestor.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 61,369 people named Brock in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 5,031 Americans. That is up 2.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 59,682.

#546

rank among US surnames

61,369

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+2.8%

change since 2000 (was #502)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#537	Marsh	62,304	4,955
#538	Macias	62,227	4,962
#539	Villanueva	61,883	4,989
#540	Zamora	61,729	5,002
#541	Pratt	61,671	5,006
#542	Stokes	61,639	5,009
#543	Owen	61,630	5,010

Who is named Brock

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

83% of people named Brock identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 83%
Black (not Hispanic) 12%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 2.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Brocks

14 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Isaac Brock
British army officer and administrator, Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada, 1769–1812
Isaac Brock
American musician, born 1975
Napoleon Murphy Brock
American singer, saxophonist and flautist, born 1943
Lou Brock
American baseball player (1939–2020)
Peter Brock
Australian racing driver (1945–2006)
Allison Brock
American equestrian, born 1979
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, born 1991
Calvin Brock
American boxer, born 1975
William Emerson Brock
American politician (1872–1950)

Notable Brocks come mostly from the United States (7), the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (3) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Brock

Brock has the Soundex code B620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B620.

Questions

How common is the surname Brock?: 61,369 people in the United States had the surname Brock in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 5,031 Americans. It ranked 546th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Brock?: In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Brock identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Brock?: Isaac Brock, British army officer and administrator, Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada, followed by Isaac Brock.
Where is the surname Brock most common?: Wikidata records people named Brock in the United States, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Australia and 3 other countries.
How do you pronounce Brock?: Brock is /bɹɑk/, one syllable.
What type of surname is Brock?: Brock is a nickname surname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor.
Is the surname Brock getting more or less common?: More common. 59,682 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 61,369 in 2010, up 2.8%.
Is Brock also a first name?: Yes. Brock is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.