The Kock surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 881 people carried this name — #27,392 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 333,300 people counted. That is down 23% from 1,139 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 102 people named Kock.
12 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 21 départements, most often Paris.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
65 people named Kock live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Aargau.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 27 people named Kock live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Entre Ríos.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
673 people named Kock are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Kock in American newspapers,
1881–1926.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 227,546 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Kock,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jørgen Kock 1487–1556 · mayor -
Reimar Kock 1500–1569 · writer -
Isaac Cronström 1620–1679 · engraver -
Theodorus Bernardus Kock 1737–1809 · politician -
Hendrik Merkus de Kock 1779–1845 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 259 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Kock.
- Kobus 1,206 · U.S. census
- Koc 566 · U.S. census
- Kocak 619 · U.S. census
- Koch 49,395 · U.S. census
- Kocher 6,308 · U.S. census
- Kochert 328 · U.S. census
- Koebel 741 · U.S. census
- Koeberle 181 · U.S. census
- Koegler 466 · U.S. census
- Koehl 1,570 · U.S. census
- Koehler 19,368 · U.S. census
- Koehly 118 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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