Explore the Family Name Shrock

The meaning of Shrock

Americanized form of Schrock, a surname of Swiss German and German origin. It is most common in IN and OH. History: This is one of the variants of the name of a Swiss Mennonite and Amish family, originally spelled Schrag.

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How common is the last name Shrock in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Shrock saw a slight decrease in popularity between 2000 and 2010. The rank of the surname fell from 15,509 to 17,541, representing a drop of 13.1 percent. In terms of count, there were 1733 people with this surname in 2000 which decreased by 7.44 percent to 1604 in 2010. This resulted in the proportion per 100k also falling from 0.64 to 0.54, a change of -15.62.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#15,509	#17,541	-13.1%
Count	1,733	1,604	-7.44%
Proportion per 100k	0.64	0.54	-15.62%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Shrock

Regarding the ethnic identity of individuals with the surname Shrock, the Decennial U.S. Census data reveals that the majority of these people identify as White, with an insignificant increase from 97.52 percent in 2000 to 97.88 percent in 2010. There was a small representation of those identifying as Two or more races, decreasing from 0.69 percent to 0.50 percent during this period. Notably, the Hispanic representation rose from 0 to 0.75 percent. The percentages of people identifying as Black and American Indian and Alaskan Native both saw reductions in 2010, with Black decreasing from 0.52 to 0.44 percent, and American Indian and Alaskan Native falling to zero. There were no individuals who identified as Asian/Pacific Islander in either census year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.52%	97.88%	0.37%
Hispanic	0%	0.75%	0%
Two or More Races	0.69%	0.5%	-27.54%
Black	0.52%	0.44%	-15.38%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0.58%	0%	0%