Stock Surname

9,358th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 60,477 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

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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Stock Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany22,0311:3,654395
United States17,7021:20,4762,583
England6,6551:8,3721,224
Australia2,2931:11,7731,729
Canada1,8791:19,6092,735
Austria1,5061:5,654660
Brazil9941:215,3678,302
South Africa9861:54,9476,981
France8641:76,87810,804
Bangladesh7211:221,0227,250
Iran6801:112,91510,729
Wales4671:6,626734
New Zealand4271:10,6051,845
Belgium4071:28,2474,527
Malawi3401:50,3507,017
Egypt2751:334,31221,412
Portugal2361:44,1452,563
Netherlands2031:83,18813,893
Switzerland1981:41,4795,822
Argentina1721:248,50820,139
Poland1231:309,01436,525
Hungary911:107,87110,330
Italy881:694,96259,648
Norway881:58,4358,352
Chile831:212,2476,658
India741:10,365,748197,751
Scotland731:73,3405,569
Spain711:658,47929,555
Thailand571:1,239,269179,534
Cambodia501:309,7433,545
Sweden471:209,50514,512
Botswana441:49,7039,263
Zimbabwe411:376,54234,729
Northern Ireland341:54,2664,423
Ireland331:142,6956,688
Denmark261:217,10417,438
Ecuador261:611,76311,738
Angola251:1,079,5693,117
Philippines231:4,401,662162,661
China211:65,110,5513,537
Luxembourg211:27,6454,917
Jersey191:5,2211,083
Finland161:343,54424,270
Czechia131:817,95970,223
Singapore131:423,66918,211
United Arab Emirates131:704,79025,221
Uruguay131:263,98118,914
Mexico101:12,412,62043,480
Paraguay101:723,6758,089
São Tomé and Príncipe101:17,742994
Liechtenstein91:4,264487
Morocco91:3,830,67854,497
Belize81:44,4342,498
Estonia81:165,22626,217
Hong Kong81:916,9354,774
Israel81:1,069,70462,476
Pakistan81:22,330,48677,733
Indonesia71:18,892,742520,071
Tanzania61:8,823,60272,091
Lesotho51:406,51217,363
Malaysia51:5,898,845196,803
Nigeria51:35,428,552388,973
Russia51:28,824,611530,332
Venezuela51:6,040,81547,898
Vietnam51:18,529,2113,282
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Kenya41:11,544,97562,419
Kuwait41:950,17418,811
Peru41:7,946,03141,846
Slovakia41:1,334,11294,300
Turkey41:19,455,356155,681
Colombia31:15,924,69128,711
Japan31:42,614,76459,022
Bolivia21:5,308,21712,400
Honduras21:4,408,2217,709
Mauritius21:646,70813,517
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
Aruba11:103,4772,586
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Bhutan11:616,0391,715
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
British Virgin Islands11:31,5941,029
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
Guam11:160,1214,893
Guyana11:762,22114,420
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Mali11:16,969,0354,067
Malta11:430,2723,380
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Suriname11:552,6169,664
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland631:70,3155,170
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3,5611:6,8451,057
Wales1451:10,817658
Scotland111:340,29210,329
Jersey11:51,8823,898
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,4961:20,1202,539

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.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

English names of local origin. Adam and William of Stokis (in England), 1264 (Bain, I, 2363).

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

(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.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) Dweller near a tree stump; dweller near a footbridge; one employed in grubbing up trees.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

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.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From Stock, name of parishes cos. Essex, Dorset, Somerset, Worcester, and York; from Anglo-Saxon stoc, a place.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

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

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

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.).

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Štock934/
Stocke91846/
Stoick91443/
Stockx91239/
Stouck9168/
Shtock9121/
Stockh917/
Stoock914/
Sttock911/
Stok892,805/
Stoc89146/
Stockås838/
Shttock831/
Sthoock831/
Stack8024,928/
Stoke80725/
Stoik80463/
Stook80261/
Stocq80165/
Stoic80157/
Sztok80132/
Shtok80119/
Stokė80104/
Stojc8048/
Stoyk8040/
Stokk8019/
Stouk8015/
Stocx808/
Stooc807/
Stocc805/
Stocs803/
Stojk803/
Stokh802/
Stokz802/
Sthok801/
Stotc801/
Stoct800/
Stocková7741/
Stockova776/
Stokke734,066/
Staack733,238/
Steuck731,504/
Stacke73972/
Stoyke73479/
Stooke73389/
Stoike73247/
Shtokh7338/
Sztojc7314/
Stoics7310/
Shtoyk739/
Stackh739/
Stocch738/
Stohke738/
Stotke736/
Stokhe734/
Stackå734/
Stouke734/
Stouks734/
Stauck733/
Shtokk732/
Stoukh731/
Jsztok731/
Sztojk731/
Stackk731/
Shtoik731/
Shtoks731/
Sttoke730/
Stog67593/
Štok67552/
Stak67477/
Stox67252/
Staacke67116/
Stac67101/
Stokova6773/
Sztoics6722/
Sztoske678/
Stokowa677/
Stók673/
Stoková672/
Stottke672/
Xtok671/
Štoc671/
Steugck671/
Stocova671/
Sztojke671/
Shtoukh671/
Stoq671/
Stachke671/
Stackcs671/
Xtoc671/

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