Stocke Family Name and Heraldry

Stocke is a familiar spelling of the German name Stock. Read literally, Stocke points to “tree stump”.

• Related forms: Stockel, Stocker and Stokke.
• Stocke adds “e” to Stock, a small change that appeared as the name was written down.
• Similar-sounding surnames on Herald Lab: Stucke and Stuckey.
• Stocke ranked 50,851 in the 2010 US Census, with 410 people answering to the name.
• Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written.

Heraldry and the Stocke name

Arms linked to Stock and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. Research your Stocke family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.