# Glock (surname)

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

A surname from German.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,003 |
| US rank (2010) | 24,822 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 307,822 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.2% (991 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

The handgun is named after Austrian engineer Gaston Glock (1929–2023).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Glock 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) | 96% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Glock in Austria.

## People named Glock

- Gaston Glock, Austrian engineer and CEO of firearms manufacturer Glock (1929–2023)

## Similar surnames

Glick, Gluck, Gulick, Glowacki, Glass, Giles, Gillis, Galicia, Glasgow, Glaze, Gallego, Gales.

## 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.