# Stocker (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/stocker/  
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 | not recorded |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 6,561 |
| US rank (2010) | 5,310 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 47,058 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.6% (6,521 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As an English, German and Swiss/Alemannic German surname, from the noun stock (“stock, tree stump”), see Stock. * As a Dutch surname, from the noun stocker (“jailer”). * As an English surname, from the noun stocker (“one who sells stockfish”). * Also as an English surname, variant of Stoker. * As an Irish surname, from mac an stocaire (“son of the trumpeter”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Stocker 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) | 89% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 7.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 1.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Stocker in Austria and Switzerland.

## People named Stocker

- Christian Stocker, Austrian politician
- Werner Stocker, bobsledder

## Similar surnames

Stoker, Stecker, Stucker, Staker, Stcyr, Stockard, Satcher, Switzer, Schweitzer, Steger, Setzer, Sweitzer.

## 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.