The Nock surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,191 people carried this name — #13,798 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 135,100 people counted. That is up 9% from 2,018 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Nock surname
From the Middle English phrase atten okes (“at the oaks”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Nock» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 94 people named Nock.
1 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
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
82 people named Nock live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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 33 people named Nock 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 Chubut.
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 print
Nock in American newspapers,
1792–1793.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 255,074 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Nock,
with a public archive behind them.
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Albert Jay Nock 1870–1945 · biographer -
Horace Nock 1879–1958 · politician -
Henry Nock 1741–1804 · gunsmith
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David Nock 1828–1875 · politician
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Franz Joseph Nock 1839–1914 · canon
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Arthur Darby Nock 1902–1963 · university teacher
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Nock.
- Nobis 483 · U.S. census
- Noble 41,667 · U.S. census
- Noblet 390 · U.S. census
- Nocella 741 · U.S. census
- Nocera 1,645 · U.S. census
- Nochez 245 · U.S. census
- Noe 11,182 · U.S. census
- Noel 31,768 · U.S. census
- Noell 1,862 · U.S. census
- Noga 1,727 · U.S. census
- Nogueira 1,957 · U.S. census
- Noguera 2,237 · U.S. census
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