How common is the surname Stock?

12,722 people in the United States had the surname Stock in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 24,269 Americans. It ranked 2,832nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Stock?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Stock identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Stock?

Leonhard Stock, Austrian downhill skier, followed by Barbara Stock.

Where is the surname Stock most common?

Wikidata records people named Stock in the United States, Austria and the United Kingdom.

Is the surname Stock getting more or less common?

More common. 12,479 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,722 in 2010, up 1.9%.

The surname Stock

A surname, carried by 12,722 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S320

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Stock is more common than 98.3% of them.

Origin

* As an English surname, from the noun stock (“stock, tree stump”). This sense is also found respectively in Dutch and German, and Slavic borrowings of them. Compare Stocker. * Also as an English surname, variant of Stoker. * (Stockton): Clipping of Stockton.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 12,722 people named Stock in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 24,269 Americans. That is up 1.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 12,479.

#2,832

rank among US surnames

12,722

people in 2010

4.3

per 100,000 Americans

+1.9%

change since 2000 (was #2,657)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,823	Jauregui	12,783	24,153
#2,824	Main	12,776	24,166
#2,825	Tavares	12,766	24,185
#2,826	Barone	12,758	24,200
#2,828	Rees	12,754	24,208
#2,829	Pedraza	12,748	24,219
#2,830	Crisp	12,741	24,232

Who is named Stock

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

95% of people named Stock identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Stocks

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Leonhard Stock
Austrian downhill skier, born 1958
Barbara Stock
American actress, born 1956
Dennis Stock
American photographer (1928–2010)
Nigel Stock
British actor (1919-1986)

Notable Stocks come mostly from the United States (2), Austria (1) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Stock

Stock has the Soundex code S320, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S320.

Questions

Where does the surname Stock come from?: * As an English surname, from the noun stock (“stock, tree stump”). This sense is also found respectively in Dutch and German, and Slavic borrowings of them. Compare Stocker. * Also as an English surname, variant of Stoker. * (Stockton): Clipping of Stockton.
How common is the surname Stock?: 12,722 people in the United States had the surname Stock in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 24,269 Americans. It ranked 2,832nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Stock?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Stock identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Stock?: Leonhard Stock, Austrian downhill skier, followed by Barbara Stock.
Where is the surname Stock most common?: Wikidata records people named Stock in the United States, Austria and the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Stock getting more or less common?: More common. 12,479 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,722 in 2010, up 1.9%.