# Warnock (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/warnock/  
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 | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 5,159 |
| US rank (2010) | 6,567 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 59,846 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.9% (5,065 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Giolla Mhearnóg (“son of the servant of (Saint) Mearnóg”), the patron saint of Kilmarnock.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Warnock 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) | 93% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Warnock in the United States.

## People named Warnock

- Raphael Warnock, American pastor and politician (born 1969)
- John Warnock, American computer scientist, inventor and technology businessman (1940–2023)

## Similar surnames

Waring, Warnick, Warnke, Warnecke, Warmack, Warrington, Wierenga, Wrench.

## 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.