How common is the surname Flock?

2,179 people in the United States had the surname Flock in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 141,691 Americans. It ranked 13,867th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Flock?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Flock identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Flock?

Janine Flock, Austrian skeleton racer, followed by Tim Flock.

Where is the surname Flock most common?

Wikidata records people named Flock in Austria and the United States.

Is the surname Flock getting more or less common?

More common. 2,037 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,179 in 2010, up 7.0%.

The surname Flock

A surname, carried by 2,179 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex F420

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Flock is more common than 91.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,179 people named Flock in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 141,691 Americans. That is up 7.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,037.

#13,867

rank among US surnames

2,179

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+7%

change since 2000 (was #13,658)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,862	Driggs	2,180	141,626
#13,867	Flock	2,179	141,691
#13,871	Seman	2,178	141,756
#13,874	Hymes	2,177	141,822

Who is named Flock

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

93% of people named Flock identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Flocks

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Janine Flock
Austrian skeleton racer, born 1989
Tim Flock
American racecar driver (1924–1998)

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

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Flock

Flock has the Soundex code F420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F420.

Questions

How common is the surname Flock?: 2,179 people in the United States had the surname Flock in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 141,691 Americans. It ranked 13,867th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Flock?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Flock identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Flock?: Janine Flock, Austrian skeleton racer, followed by Tim Flock.
Where is the surname Flock most common?: Wikidata records people named Flock in Austria and the United States.
Is the surname Flock getting more or less common?: More common. 2,037 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,179 in 2010, up 7.0%.