How common is the surname Dock?

1,639 people in the United States had the surname Dock in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 188,374 Americans. It ranked 17,274th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Dock getting more or less common?

More common. 1,619 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,639 in 2010, up 1.2%.

Is Dock also a first name?

Yes. Dock 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 Dock

A Norse surname, carried by 1,639 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex D200 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). Dock is more common than 89.4% of them.

Origin

Norse origin

* As an English surname, possibly from the noun duck. * As a Norwegian surname, from Old Norse dǫkk (“pit, depression”), from Proto-Germanic *dankwaz (“dark”). * As a German surname, spelling variant of Docke, related to the noun Tuch (“cloth, piece of fabric”).

One of 126 Norse surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,639 people named Dock in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 188,374 Americans. That is up 1.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,619.

#17,274

rank among US surnames

1,639

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+1.2%

change since 2000 (was #16,373)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#17,268	Houchens	1,640	188,259
#17,274	Dorey	1,639	188,374
#17,283	Semon	1,638	188,489

Who is named Dock

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

53% of people named Dock identified as white (not Hispanic), 33% as Black (not Hispanic) and 7.0% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

White (not Hispanic) 53%
Black (not Hispanic) 33%
American Indian and Alaska Native 7.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Two or more races 2.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Dock

Dock has the Soundex code D200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D200.

Other Norse surnames

All 126 Norse surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Dock come from?: * As an English surname, possibly from the noun duck. * As a Norwegian surname, from Old Norse dǫkk (“pit, depression”), from Proto-Germanic *dankwaz (“dark”). * As a German surname, spelling variant of Docke, related to the noun Tuch (“cloth, piece of fabric”).
How common is the surname Dock?: 1,639 people in the United States had the surname Dock in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 188,374 Americans. It ranked 17,274th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dock?: In the 2010 Census, 53% of people named Dock identified as white (not Hispanic), and 33% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Dock getting more or less common?: More common. 1,619 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,639 in 2010, up 1.2%.
Is Dock also a first name?: Yes. Dock 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.