# Mock (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Dutch |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 15,847 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,301 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 19,483 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.2% (15,208 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As an English surname, related to Old English muga (“stack of hay”), or alternatively from the verb mock. * As a German surname, spelling variant of Maag. Also from a derivative of the source of "heap" above; compare German Low German Muck. * As a Dutch surname, from Middle Dutch mocke (“wanton woman, slut”) and perhaps West Flemish mokke (“fat child”), also related to the sense of heap above.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Mock 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) | 85% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 7.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 2.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Mock in the United States, Austria and Nazi Germany.

## People named Mock

- Alois Mock, Austrian politician (1934-2017)
- Janet Mock, American writer, director, producer, TV host and transgender rights activist
- Jerrie Mock, .American aviation pioneer (1925–2014)
- Hans Mock, Austrian footballer (1906-1982)
- Evan Mock, American model, actor, and skateboarder

## Similar surnames

Mack, Mick, Mok, Moak, Muck, Mook, Meck, Mosca, Moccia, Mosco, Mosko, Moch.

## 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.