Horrocks

English

Etymology

From a dialect term hurrock (“heap of stones”) typical of Manchester.

Proper noun

Horrocks (countable and uncountable, plural Horrockses)

1. A surname.
2. A small coastal town in the Mid West Region of Western Australia.

Alternative forms

• (surname): Horrox

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Horrocks is the 12072^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2583 individuals. Horrocks is most common among White (96.28%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Horrocks”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 203.