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The Mock surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 15,847 people carried this name — #2,301 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 18,600 people counted. That is up 4% from 15,208 in 2000.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

796 people named Mock live in Switzerland.

They live in 22 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in St. Gallen.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

St. Gallen 169
Zurich 161
Thurgau 106
Appenzell Innerrhoden 90
Aargau 52
Appenzell Ausserrhoden 50
Bern 33
Vaud 24

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 France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 115 people named Mock.

8 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 8
Bas-Rhin 49
Haut-Rhin 28
Paris 15
Moselle 6
Hauts-de-Seine 2
Nord 1
Meuse 1
Rhône 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 62 people named Mock 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 Buenos Aires Province.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 40
Chaco 22

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Mock in American newspapers,
1900–1917.

Newspaper page from Daily Inter Mountain carrying the name Mock
Daily Inter Mountain 1900-12-28
Newspaper page from The Butte Daily Post carrying the name Mock
The Butte Daily Post 1917-12-22
Newspaper page from The Hattiesburg News carrying the name Mock
The Hattiesburg News 1915-03-11

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 902,996 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Mock,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Johann Samuel Mock
    Johann Samuel Mock 1687–1737 · court painter
  • Ämilian Mock
    Ämilian Mock 1712–1784 · monk
  • Georg Joseph Mock d. 1791 · pastor
  • Johann Mock d. 1727 · painter
  • Elsa Mock d. 1590
  • Johann Jakob Mock 1776–1824 · draftsperson

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Mock is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

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