Find out how popular the last name Schrock is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Schrock.

Schrock, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Schrock surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Schrock in America

Schrock is the 3386th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Schrock surname appeared 10,549 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 4 people would have the surname Schrock.

We can also compare 2010 data for Schrock to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Schrock

The surname Schrock originates from Germany and Switzerland, where it first appeared in the 13th century. It is derived from the Old German word "schrock," meaning a ravine or crevice, suggesting that the earliest bearers of the name lived near such a geographical feature.

The name Schrock is believed to have originated in the southern regions of Germany, particularly in the areas around the Black Forest and the Swabian Alps. Some of the earliest recorded instances of the name can be found in medieval German records and manuscripts from the 13th and 14th centuries.

One of the earliest documented references to the name Schrock comes from a land registry record in the town of Freiburg im Breisgau, dated 1287, which mentions a certain "Hans Schrock" as a landowner. Another early reference is found in the Codex Diplomaticus Salemitanus, a collection of documents from the Monastery of Salem in Baden-Württemberg, where a "Cunradus Schrock" is mentioned in an entry from 1312.

In the 16th century, the name Schrock began to spread beyond its original German and Swiss regions, as members of the family migrated to other parts of Europe and eventually to North America. One notable figure from this period was Johannes Schrock (1505-1567), a Protestant reformer and theologian from Strasbourg, who played a significant role in the Reformation movement.

During the 18th and 19th centuries, many Schrock families immigrated to the United States, settling primarily in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana. One of the earliest recorded Schrock settlers in America was Christian Schrock, who arrived in Philadelphia in 1737 from the Palatinate region of Germany.

Other notable individuals with the surname Schrock include:

1. John Schrock (1727-1801), a Mennonite minister and farmer who established the first Amish settlement in Ohio in 1809.
2. Samuel Schrock (1825-1906), an American businessman and founder of the Schrock Furniture Company in Ohio.
3. Anna Schrock (1845-1919), a Swiss-American folk artist known for her intricate woodcarvings and paintings.
4. Herman Schrock (1876-1959), an American photographer and artist who documented the early days of the American Southwest.
5. Willard Schrock (1908-1996), an American chemist and inventor best known for his work on synthetic rubber and other polymer materials.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Schrock

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Schrock.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Schrock was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Schrock has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Schrock was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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