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    The surname Chock

    A place surname, carried by 952 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex C200

    Chock: #25,849 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Chock #25,849, 952 people Chock: #25,849 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Chock #25,849, 952 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Chock is more common than 84.1% of them.

    Origin

    * As an English surname, variant of Shock. * As a German surname, Americanized from Zschoche, Zschocke, from the placename Zsochochau in Saxony or Tschocke in Silesia, of Slavic origin. * As a Slovene surname, Americanized from Čok, from obsolete čok (“tree stump”). * As a Chinese surname, Romanizaed from 卓 (zhuó), see Zhuo.

    Chock is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 952 people named Chock in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 324,313 Americans. That is down 2.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 978.

    #25,849
    rank among US surnames
    952
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    -2.7%
    change since 2000 (was #24,061)

    Who is named Chock

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

    44% of people named Chock identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 28% as white (not Hispanic) and 24% as two or more races.

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 44%
    • White (not Hispanic) 28%
    • Two or more races 24%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Famous Chocks

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Madison Chock
      American ice dancer (born 1992)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Chock

    Chock has the Soundex code C200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C200.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Chock come from?
    * As an English surname, variant of Shock. * As a German surname, Americanized from Zschoche, Zschocke, from the placename Zsochochau in Saxony or Tschocke in Silesia, of Slavic origin. * As a Slovene surname, Americanized from Čok, from obsolete čok (“tree stump”). * As a Chinese surname,…
    How common is the surname Chock?
    952 people in the United States had the surname Chock in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 324,313 Americans. It ranked 25,849th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Chock?
    In the 2010 Census, 44% of people named Chock identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 28% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Chock?
    Madison Chock, American ice dancer (born 1992).
    Where is the surname Chock most common?
    Wikidata records people named Chock in the United States.
    What type of surname is Chock?
    Chock is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Chock getting more or less common?
    Less common. 978 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 952 in 2010, down 2.7%.