The Stock surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 12,722 people carried this name — #2,832 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 23,200 people counted. That is up 2% from 12,479 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 659 people named Stock.
41 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 46 départements, most often Moselle.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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
228 people named Stock live in Switzerland.
They live in 14 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 195 people named Stock live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in West Flanders.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 140 people named Stock 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
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Poland’s population register
83 people named Stock have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 130 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 13 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Kuyavian-Pomeranian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In the Nordic population registers
39 people named Stock is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
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).
In print
Stock in American newspapers,
1901–1927.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 11,722,187 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Stock,
with a public archive behind them.
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Joseph Stock d. 1855 · politician
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Johann Adolph Stock d. 1729 · printer
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Wilhelm Richard Stock d. 1672 · publisher
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Arthur Roy Stock d. 1915
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Brian Henry Stock d. 1967
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Eugene Stock d. 1928
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Stock.
- Stien 308 · U.S. census
- Stier 3,178 · U.S. census
- Still 12,354 · U.S. census
- Stiller 3,016 · U.S. census
- Stirn 386 · U.S. census
- Stocco 257 · U.S. census
- Stocker 6,561 · U.S. census
- Stockman 6,226 · U.S. census
- Stoeckel 894 · U.S. census
- Stoeckle 386 · U.S. census
- Stoecklin 213 · U.S. census
- Stoeffler 285 · U.S. census
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