Explore the Family Name Strock

The meaning of Strock

North German: variant of Strack. — Note: The population figure published by the US Census Bureau does not distinguish between the surnames Strock and St. Rock.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Strock has noticeably increased between 2000 and 2010. The ranking for this surname jumped from 14,581 in 2000 to 12,745 in 2010, indicating a rise in its frequency by 12.59%. Furthermore, the count of individuals with the Strock surname also rose from 1,872 to 2,421 which shows an impressive growth rate of 29.33%. This increase is reflected in the proportion per 100k people, which grew from 0.69 to 0.82, marking an 18.84% change.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#14,581	#12,745	12.59%
Count	1,872	2,421	29.33%
Proportion per 100k	0.69	0.82	18.84%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Strock

When it comes to the ethnic identity associated with the surname Strock, the data from the Decennial U.S. Census indicates some shifts between 2000 and 2010. The majority of those bearing the surname identified as White, with a small but positive increase from 94.28% to 94.71%. The percentage of individuals identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander also saw a rise, going from 0.75% to 0.87%. However, the proportion of individuals of Hispanic ethnicity dropped from 3.26% to 2.73%. The data also showed new appearances of the surname within Black and American Indian and Alaskan Native ethnicities in 2010, even though these were not recorded in the 2000 census. The proportion of individuals identifying as Two or more races declined slightly from 1.23% to 1.16%.

	2000	2010	Change
White	94.28%	94.71%	0.46%
Hispanic	3.26%	2.73%	-16.26%
Two or More Races	1.23%	1.16%	-5.69%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.75%	0.87%	16%
Black	0%	0.33%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0.21%	0%