Stock Surname
Approximately 60,477 people bear this surname
Stock Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the stock,' the stump, the trunk of a tree, post, Sec, from residence thereby; compare Stubbs. A big, exposed tree-trunk, or clump of tree-trunks, would readily give a surname to one who lived close by.
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| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 22,031 | 1:3,654 | 395 |
| United States | 17,702 | 1:20,476 | 2,583 |
| England | 6,655 | 1:8,372 | 1,224 |
| Australia | 2,293 | 1:11,773 | 1,729 |
| Canada | 1,879 | 1:19,609 | 2,735 |
| Austria | 1,506 | 1:5,654 | 660 |
| Brazil | 994 | 1:215,367 | 8,302 |
| South Africa | 986 | 1:54,947 | 6,981 |
| France | 864 | 1:76,878 | 10,804 |
| Bangladesh | 721 | 1:221,022 | 7,250 |
| Iran | 680 | 1:112,915 | 10,729 |
| Wales | 467 | 1:6,626 | 734 |
| New Zealand | 427 | 1:10,605 | 1,845 |
| Belgium | 407 | 1:28,247 | 4,527 |
| Malawi | 340 | 1:50,350 | 7,017 |
| Egypt | 275 | 1:334,312 | 21,412 |
| Portugal | 236 | 1:44,145 | 2,563 |
| Netherlands | 203 | 1:83,188 | 13,893 |
| Switzerland | 198 | 1:41,479 | 5,822 |
| Argentina | 172 | 1:248,508 | 20,139 |
| Poland | 123 | 1:309,014 | 36,525 |
| Hungary | 91 | 1:107,871 | 10,330 |
| Italy | 88 | 1:694,962 | 59,648 |
| Norway | 88 | 1:58,435 | 8,352 |
| Chile | 83 | 1:212,247 | 6,658 |
| India | 74 | 1:10,365,748 | 197,751 |
| Scotland | 73 | 1:73,340 | 5,569 |
| Spain | 71 | 1:658,479 | 29,555 |
| Thailand | 57 | 1:1,239,269 | 179,534 |
| Cambodia | 50 | 1:309,743 | 3,545 |
| Sweden | 47 | 1:209,505 | 14,512 |
| Botswana | 44 | 1:49,703 | 9,263 |
| Zimbabwe | 41 | 1:376,542 | 34,729 |
| Northern Ireland | 34 | 1:54,266 | 4,423 |
| Ireland | 33 | 1:142,695 | 6,688 |
| Denmark | 26 | 1:217,104 | 17,438 |
| Ecuador | 26 | 1:611,763 | 11,738 |
| Angola | 25 | 1:1,079,569 | 3,117 |
| Philippines | 23 | 1:4,401,662 | 162,661 |
| China | 21 | 1:65,110,551 | 3,537 |
| Luxembourg | 21 | 1:27,645 | 4,917 |
| Jersey | 19 | 1:5,221 | 1,083 |
| Finland | 16 | 1:343,544 | 24,270 |
| Czechia | 13 | 1:817,959 | 70,223 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| United Arab Emirates | 13 | 1:704,790 | 25,221 |
| Uruguay | 13 | 1:263,981 | 18,914 |
| Mexico | 10 | 1:12,412,620 | 43,480 |
| Paraguay | 10 | 1:723,675 | 8,089 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 10 | 1:17,742 | 994 |
| Liechtenstein | 9 | 1:4,264 | 487 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Belize | 8 | 1:44,434 | 2,498 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| Hong Kong | 8 | 1:916,935 | 4,774 |
| Israel | 8 | 1:1,069,704 | 62,476 |
| Pakistan | 8 | 1:22,330,486 | 77,733 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Tanzania | 6 | 1:8,823,602 | 72,091 |
| Lesotho | 5 | 1:406,512 | 17,363 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| Venezuela | 5 | 1:6,040,815 | 47,898 |
| Vietnam | 5 | 1:18,529,211 | 3,282 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Peru | 4 | 1:7,946,031 | 41,846 |
| Slovakia | 4 | 1:1,334,112 | 94,300 |
| Turkey | 4 | 1:19,455,356 | 155,681 |
| Colombia | 3 | 1:15,924,691 | 28,711 |
| Japan | 3 | 1:42,614,764 | 59,022 |
| Bolivia | 2 | 1:5,308,217 | 12,400 |
| Honduras | 2 | 1:4,408,221 | 7,709 |
| Mauritius | 2 | 1:646,708 | 13,517 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 1:99,171 | 2,137 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 1:616,039 | 1,715 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| British Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:31,594 | 1,029 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 1:33,954 | 1,660 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 63 | 1:70,315 | 5,170 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3,561 | 1:6,845 | 1,057 |
| Wales | 145 | 1:10,817 | 658 |
| Scotland | 11 | 1:340,292 | 10,329 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:51,882 | 3,898 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2,496 | 1:20,120 | 2,539 |
The alternate forms: Štock (4) are calculated separately.
Stock (458) may also be a first name.
Stock Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the stock,' the stump, the trunk of a tree, post, Sec, from residence thereby; compare Stubbs. A big, exposed tree-trunk, or clump of tree-trunks, would readily give a surname to one who lived close by. But v. Stoke.
Reginald de la Stocke, Oxfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
William de la Stocke, Oxfordshire, ibid.
Jordan atte Stokk, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.
William atte Stock, Somerset, 1 Edward III t ibid.
Reginald atte Stocke, Close Roll, 4 Edward III.
Johanna del Stok, 1409:: Corpus Christi Guild (Surtees Society).
1788. Married — Richard Vaughan and Mary Stocks: St. George, Hanover Square.
1790. — Thomas Stock and Elizabeth Beake: ibid.
English names of local origin. Adam and William of Stokis (in England), 1264 (Bain, I, 2363).
(English) 1 Dweller by a (conspicuous) Tree Stump or Trunk; or a Post or Pillory [Middle English stock(e, stokk, etc., Old English stoc(c = Old Norse stokk-r] William de la Stocke.—Hund. Rolls, A.D. 1274.
Hen. del Stock.—Lanc. Inq., A.D. 1323.
Jordan atte Stokk.—Soms. Subs. Roll, A.D. 1327.
Reginald atte Stocke.—Close Rolls, A.D. 1330.
And Scarlette he was flyinge a-foote Fast over stocke and stone.—‘Robin Hood and Guy of Gisborne’, 57-8; Percy’s Reliques.
Occ. the name may represent an old dat. pl.: cp. the ‘on stoccum’ of a Soms. charter a.d. 963 (‘C.S.’ no. 1116).
2 occasionally conf. with Stoke, q.v.
See Stocks; and the note under Stockton.
(English) Dweller near a tree stump; dweller near a footbridge; one employed in grubbing up trees.
1. The stock of a tree seems a very unlikely origin for a family name, yet Zouch and Curzon seem analogous, as does the French Racine, not to mention the English Roots. 2. Parishes, &c., in cos. Worcester, Essex, Somerset, Dorset, and York.
From Stock, name of parishes cos. Essex, Dorset, Somerset, Worcester, and York; from Anglo-Saxon stoc, a place.
A location name from the Flemish, from the German, Stock; from the Dutch, Stok; in the Domesday Book, Stochi, Stoches; a personal name. De Stok and De Stokes occur several times in Rotuli de Oblatis et Finibus, King John
The Stocks take the name of an Essex parish. Mr. Stock, gent., owned Philpots farm in Roding - Morell in the middle of last century (M.).
Stock Demographics
Average Stock Salary in
United States
$46,140 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Stock Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Stock Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Stock is found most frequently in Germany. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Štock. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Stock? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 9,358th most commonly held last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 120,501 people. The surname Stock occurs predominantly in Europe, where 55 percent of Stock are found; 42 percent are found in Western Europe and 40 percent are found in Germanic Europe. It is also the 398,932nd most frequently occurring first name globally, borne by 458 people.
Stock is most frequently used in Germany, where it is held by 22,031 people, or 1 in 3,654. In Germany Stock is mostly concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 25 percent are found, Hesse, where 15 percent are found and Bavaria, where 14 percent are found. Outside of Germany this last name is found in 120 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 29 percent are found and England, where 11 percent are found.
Stock Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Stock has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Stock surname increased 709 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 187 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 322 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 664 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 48 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Stock Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Stock surname is principally Catholic (73%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Stock last name are 14.69% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 61.46% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Stock earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 21.19% less than the national average, earning 272,743 kr per year; in Peru they earn 15.83% more than the national average, earning S/. 22,453 per year; in South Africa they earn 62.25% more than the national average, earning R 385,560 per year; in United States they earn 6.93% more than the national average, earning $46,140 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.93% more than the national average, earning $54,120 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Štock | 93 | 4 | / |
| Stocke | 91 | 846 | / |
| Stoick | 91 | 443 | / |
| Stockx | 91 | 239 | / |
| Stouck | 91 | 68 | / |
| Shtock | 91 | 21 | / |
| Stockh | 91 | 7 | / |
| Stoock | 91 | 4 | / |
| Sttock | 91 | 1 | / |
| Stok | 89 | 2,805 | / |
| Stoc | 89 | 146 | / |
| Stockås | 83 | 8 | / |
| Shttock | 83 | 1 | / |
| Sthoock | 83 | 1 | / |
| Stack | 80 | 24,928 | / |
| Stoke | 80 | 725 | / |
| Stoik | 80 | 463 | / |
| Stook | 80 | 261 | / |
| Stocq | 80 | 165 | / |
| Stoic | 80 | 157 | / |
| Sztok | 80 | 132 | / |
| Shtok | 80 | 119 | / |
| Stokė | 80 | 104 | / |
| Stojc | 80 | 48 | / |
| Stoyk | 80 | 40 | / |
| Stokk | 80 | 19 | / |
| Stouk | 80 | 15 | / |
| Stocx | 80 | 8 | / |
| Stooc | 80 | 7 | / |
| Stocc | 80 | 5 | / |
| Stocs | 80 | 3 | / |
| Stojk | 80 | 3 | / |
| Stokh | 80 | 2 | / |
| Stokz | 80 | 2 | / |
| Sthok | 80 | 1 | / |
| Stotc | 80 | 1 | / |
| Stoct | 80 | 0 | / |
| Stocková | 77 | 41 | / |
| Stockova | 77 | 6 | / |
| Stokke | 73 | 4,066 | / |
| Staack | 73 | 3,238 | / |
| Steuck | 73 | 1,504 | / |
| Stacke | 73 | 972 | / |
| Stoyke | 73 | 479 | / |
| Stooke | 73 | 389 | / |
| Stoike | 73 | 247 | / |
| Shtokh | 73 | 38 | / |
| Sztojc | 73 | 14 | / |
| Stoics | 73 | 10 | / |
| Shtoyk | 73 | 9 | / |
| Stackh | 73 | 9 | / |
| Stocch | 73 | 8 | / |
| Stohke | 73 | 8 | / |
| Stotke | 73 | 6 | / |
| Stokhe | 73 | 4 | / |
| Stackå | 73 | 4 | / |
| Stouke | 73 | 4 | / |
| Stouks | 73 | 4 | / |
| Stauck | 73 | 3 | / |
| Shtokk | 73 | 2 | / |
| Stoukh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Jsztok | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sztojk | 73 | 1 | / |
| Stackk | 73 | 1 | / |
| Shtoik | 73 | 1 | / |
| Shtoks | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sttoke | 73 | 0 | / |
| Stog | 67 | 593 | / |
| Štok | 67 | 552 | / |
| Stak | 67 | 477 | / |
| Stox | 67 | 252 | / |
| Staacke | 67 | 116 | / |
| Stac | 67 | 101 | / |
| Stokova | 67 | 73 | / |
| Sztoics | 67 | 22 | / |
| Sztoske | 67 | 8 | / |
| Stokowa | 67 | 7 | / |
| Stók | 67 | 3 | / |
| Stoková | 67 | 2 | / |
| Stottke | 67 | 2 | / |
| Xtok | 67 | 1 | / |
| Štoc | 67 | 1 | / |
| Steugck | 67 | 1 | / |
| Stocova | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sztojke | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shtoukh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Stoq | 67 | 1 | / |
| Stachke | 67 | 1 | / |
| Stackcs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Xtoc | 67 | 1 | / |
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