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Early Origins of the Strock family

The surname Strock was first found in Nottingham, where they held a family seat from very ancient times, and were shown in the Domesday Book in 1086 as holding lands in that shire under the name of Strahlei, some say well before the Norman Conquest and the arrival of Duke William at Hastings in 1066 A.D.

Early History of the Strock family

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Strock Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Strechley, Strecheley, Streichleigh, Strechly, Streichley, Stretchleigh and many more.

Early Notables of the Strock family

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Strock Ranking

In the United States, the name Strock is the 15,328th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1


United States Strock migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Strock Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • Joseph Strock, who arrived in Virginia in 1716 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Strock (post 1700) +

  • G. Lawrence Strock, American Democratic Party politician, Chair of Cumberland County Democratic Party, 1927; Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1928 3
  • E. Darlene Strock, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1988 3


  1. "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
  2. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
  3. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, January 26) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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