How common is the surname Mock?

15,847 people in the United States had the surname Mock in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 19,483 Americans. It ranked 2,301st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Mock?

Alois Mock, Austrian politician (1934-2017), followed by Janet Mock.

Where is the surname Mock most common?

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

Is the surname Mock getting more or less common?

More common. 15,208 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 15,847 in 2010, up 4.2%.

The surname Mock

A Dutch surname, carried by 15,847 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex M200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mock is more common than 98.6% of them.

Origin

Dutch origin

* 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.

One of 167 Dutch surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 15,847 people named Mock in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 19,483 Americans. That is up 4.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 15,208.

#2,301

rank among US surnames

15,847

people in 2010

5.4

per 100,000 Americans

+4.2%

change since 2000 (was #2,194)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,292	Bruner	15,898	19,420
#2,293	Valdivia	15,895	19,424
#2,294	Jernigan	15,889	19,431
#2,295	Schwarz	15,884	19,438
#2,296	Gale	15,866	19,460
#2,297	Chapa	15,865	19,461
#2,298	Prather	15,860	19,467

Who is named Mock

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

85% of people named Mock identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 85%
Black (not Hispanic) 7.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 2.8%
Two or more races 1.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Mocks

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Alois Mock
Austrian politician (1934-2017)
Janet Mock
American writer, director, producer, TV host and transgender rights activist, born 1983
Jerrie Mock
.American aviation pioneer (1925–2014)
Hans Mock
Austrian footballer (1906-1982)
Evan Mock
American model, actor, and skateboarder, born 1997

Notable Mocks come mostly from the United States (2), Austria (1) and Nazi Germany (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Mock

Mock has the Soundex code M200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M200.

Other Dutch surnames

All 167 Dutch surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Mock come from?: * 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…
How common is the surname Mock?: 15,847 people in the United States had the surname Mock in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 19,483 Americans. It ranked 2,301st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Mock?: In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Mock identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Mock?: Alois Mock, Austrian politician (1934-2017), followed by Janet Mock.
Where is the surname Mock most common?: Wikidata records people named Mock in the United States, Austria and Nazi Germany.
Is the surname Mock getting more or less common?: More common. 15,208 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 15,847 in 2010, up 4.2%.