Brock vs Root

Brock

name
  • A river in Quebec, Canada, a tributary of the Chibougamau River. 

  • A village in Nemaha County, Nebraska, United States. 

  • A rural municipality (Brock No. 64) in Saskatchewan. 

  • A small village in Fylde borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD5140). 

  • A male given name transferred from the surname. 

  • A city (?) in Parker County, Texas, United States. 

  • A village in the Rural Municipality of Kindersley No. 290, Saskatchewan, Canada. 

  • A township in the Regional Municipality of Durham, Ontario, Canada. 

  • An unincorporated community in Darke County, Ohio, United States. 

  • An English and Scottish surname from Middle English, a variant of Brook, or originally a nickname for someone thought to resemble a badger (Middle English broc(k)). 

  • A river in Lancashire which flows through the village to the River Wyre. 

  • An unincorporated community in Scotland County, Missouri, United States. 

Root

name
  • A river in Wisconsin, United States. 

  • A town in Lucerne canton, Switzerland. 

  • A river in Minnesota, United States; named as a translation of its native Dakota name. 

  • A town in New York, United States; named for lawyer and politician Erastus Root. 

  • A habitational surname from Dutch for someone living near a retting place (Dutch root, from roten (“to ret”)). 

  • An English surname from Middle English from a byname from Middle English rote (“glad”). 

  • An English surname originating as an occupation for a rote (medieval guitar)-player. 

How often have the words Brock and Root occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )