Chock

See also: chock

English

Etymology

  • As an English surname, variant of Shock.
  • As a German surname, Americanized from Zschoche, Zschocke, from the placename Zsochochau in Saxony or Tschocke in Silesia, of Slavic origin.
  • As a Slovene surname, Americanized from Čok, from obsolete čok (“tree stump”).
  • As a Chinese surname, Romanizaed from 卓 (zhuó), see Zhuo.

Proper noun

Chock (plural Chocks)

  1. A surname.

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Chock is the 25849th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 952 individuals. Chock is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (44.12%), White (27.73%), and Multi-racial (23.84%) individuals.
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