The Schock surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,843 people carried this name — #8,572 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 76,900 people counted. That is down 6% from 4,095 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 79 people named Schock.
18 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 16 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
33 people named Schock live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 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 print
Schock in American newspapers,
1896–1910.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 14,945 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Schock,
with a public archive behind them.
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Joseph Schock 1859–1920 · archivist
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Frederick M.C. Schock 1871–1923 · forester
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Max Schock 1881–1940
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André Schock 1914–1973 · politician
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Rudolf Schock 1915–1986 · opera singer
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Helmut Schock 1915–1960 · opera singer
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Schock.
- Schnorr 623 · U.S. census
- Schnur 1,937 · U.S. census
- Schnurr 1,072 · U.S. census
- Schober 2,760 · U.S. census
- Schobert 424 · U.S. census
- Schoch 3,141 · U.S. census
- Schoeffel 256 · U.S. census
- Schoeffler 283 · U.S. census
- Schoen 8,140 · U.S. census
- Schoenauer 229 · U.S. census
- Schoenberger 2,136 · U.S. census
- Schoendorf 326 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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