# Stork (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/stork/  
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 | German |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,454 |
| US rank (2010) | 9,415 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 89,388 people |
| Change since 2000 | +10% (3,135 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Two main origins: * English surname from stork, a nickname for a thin man with long legs. * Borrowed from German Stork, probably a nickname or a habitational surname from a place in Hesse.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Stork 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) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.3% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 0.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Stork in the United States.

## People named Stork

- Gilbert Stork, Belgian American chemist (1921-2017)
- Travis Stork, American physician

## Similar surnames

Stark, Starkey, Starke, Struck, Strack, Straka, Strock, Storck, Strick, Starck, Sterk, Sturrock.

## 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.