Dock is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Dock
No. of characters: 4
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Dock

How popular is Dock?

Dock is common in United States.

Dock is ranked 124249 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Dock bearers increased by 1.23533 per cent in 2010 US census to 1639 since 2000, the surname slipped by 901 spots and ranked at 17274. The last name was found in around 6 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 53.39 58.31
Black 33.44 31.62
American Indian and Alaska Native 7.02 4.63
Hispanic or Latino 2.75 2.47
Others 2.32 2.1
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 1.1 0.86
Dock is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in United States. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in Sweden. Around 3207 people have been found who wears Dock as their family name. Dock is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
33,253 New Zealand9
10,542 China4
67,494 South Africa3
40,064 Nigeria2
723,167 Indonesia2
21,529 Singapore2
131,225 Spain2
19,046 Ireland2
4,086 Angola2
20,186 Kenya2
26,123 Malaysia2
2,232 French Polynesia1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
134,667 Zimbabwe1
174,544 Czech Republic1
25,746 Finland1
10,683 Cyprus1
16,228 Bulgaria1
1,818 Guernsey1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
29,046 Japan1
12,745 Luxembourg1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
53,505 Turkey1
37,493 Austria1
47,891 Norway1
13,972 Sri Lanka1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
9,780 Scotland46
23,537 Switzerland45
17,489 Denmark30
3,118 Senegal25
103,933 Canada25
477,287 India16
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
83,365 Brazil95
31,215 Australia72
Countries with hundreds of Dock:
50,182 Germany202
9,921 Belgium186
5,231 Sweden181
26,770 England177
57,437 France171
27,127 Mexico105
Countries with thousands of Dock:
18,314 United States1,783
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Workman James Dock from Ireland aboard the Achilles from Belfast during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 60 years old when he arrived in USA on May 21, 1851. 28 years old Mary Dock, Martha Dock (5), Charles Dock (3), Born at sea Sarah Dock, are other Dock that migrated to US.

Dock Namesakes

  • George Docking, Former Governor of Kansas
  • George Dockeray, Jockey
  • Ron Docken, Ice hockey player
  • Bart Dockx, Bicycler
  • Mary Dockray-Miller, Author
  • Sam Dockery, Musician
  • Laura Dockrill, Poet
  • David Dockery, Author
  • Jacob Dockstader Buell, Political figure
  • Trevor Docking, Cricket Player

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