The Schrock surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 10,549 people carried this name — #3,386 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 27,900 people counted. That is up 15% from 9,160 in 2000.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

22 people named Schrock live in Switzerland.

They live in 4 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

Zurich 11
Thurgau 4
Zug 4
Schaffhausen 3

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

Schrock in American newspapers,
1914–1928.

Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Schrock
Evening Star 1928-11-18
Newspaper page from The Detroit Times carrying the name Schrock
The Detroit Times 1914-11-16

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 7,587 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Schrock in Australian newspapers,
1880s–1960s.

987 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Schrock. The most, 321, date from the 1930s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Queensland, at 4.2 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Queensland 967
New South Wales 10
Victoria 5
South Australia 3
Tasmania 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Schrock.

Who carried it

People named Schrock,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Raymond L. Schrock
    Raymond L. Schrock 1892–1950 · screenwriter

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 5 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Schrock,
in the records of 4 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States282 records

282 records of the Schrock name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 145
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 48
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 41
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 20
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 15
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 11
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Joseph E. Schrock

    Born 1907 in Ohio. Enlisted 1943 at Cleveland; store manager from Cuyahoga County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1998, buried at Acacia Park Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Marie Schrock

    Arrived at Baltimore in 1881 aboard the Strassburg from Bremen, aged 6; farmer. From Prussia, Germany; bound for Baltimore.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Vernon Earl Schrock

    Born 1949; from Corvallis, Oregon. U.S. Army, armor reconnaissance specialist; killed in action 1970 in Quang Ngai, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 282 records for Schrock in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Germany198 records

198 records of the Schrock name in Germany
  • Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919 193
  • German emigration and citizenship files 2
  • German estate files 2
  • German applications to settle and marry 1
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Rudolf Schrock

    Born 1899; from Peesta, Schlawe. Reported missing in the Prussian casualty list of 2 December 1918 (Infantry Regiment No. 423).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  2. The first page of an emigration file from Gündlingen, Baden, 1883
    Example: German emigration file, 1883
    Emigration record Georg Jakob Schröck

    Left Bottingen for America in 1886.

    Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek / Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg (CC0)
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Michael Schröck

    Named in an application to settle and marry at Straubing in 1856; road mender.

    Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek / Staatsarchiv Landshut (CC0)

Showing 3 of 198 records for Schrock in Germany.

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0) · Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0); Emigration file, Gündlingen, 1883, Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Staatsarchiv Freiburg B 694/1 Nr. 1389 (CC BY 4.0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

Netherlands11 records

11 records of the Schrock name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch population registers 7
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 3
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 1
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Hindrik Maurits Schröck

    Married in 1825 in Slochteren; tailor, born 1797 in Teeklenburg.

    Open Archives, Groninger Archieven (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Maria Schröck

    Died 1923 in Simpelveld, aged 45.

    Open Archives, Regionaal Historisch Centrum Limburg (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Ludmilla Schröck

    In the population register of 's-Gravenhage; born 1908 in Graz.

    Open Archives, Haags Gemeentearchief (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 11 records for Schrock in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

Australia9 records

9 records of the Schrock name in Australia Queensland State Archives indexes
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Richard Schrock

    Arrived in Queensland in 1872 aboard the Humboldt, aged 2.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Theodor Schrock

    Arrived in Queensland in 1872 aboard the Humboldt, aged 29.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Carolyn Ann Schrock

    Sat the general nursing examination in Charters Towers in 1915.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 9 records for Schrock in Australia.

Counts: Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

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