The Tock surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 422 people carried this name — #49,723 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 714,300 people counted. That is up 9% from 387 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 81 people named Tock.
6 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 22 départements, most often Côte-d’Or.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 67 people named Tock 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 Luxembourg Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
22 people named Tock live in Switzerland.
They live in 3 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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.
Who carried it
People named Tock,
with a public archive behind them.
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Joseph-Martial Tock 1798–1869
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Charles Tock 1845–1910 · engineer
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Annelies Tock 1951– · writer
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Benoît-Michel Tock 1963– · historian
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Tock.
- To 8,934 · U.S. census
- Tobia 992 · U.S. census
- Tobias 14,482 · U.S. census
- Tobie 264 · U.S. census
- Tocco 2,234 · U.S. census
- Toche 262 · U.S. census
- Todaro 2,911 · U.S. census
- Todesco 166 · U.S. census
- Todisco 600 · U.S. census
- Todorovic 432 · U.S. census
- Toffoli 137 · U.S. census
- Toffolo 144 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Tock is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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