Schmock : North German:: 1: variant of Schmauch from Middle Low German smōk ‘smoke haze’ a metonymic occupational name for a charcoal burner or a coal miner; later ‘swindler crook’.2: nickname from Middle Low German smuck ‘lithe flexible’ ‘pretty neat’.
Source : DAFN2 : Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, ©2022 by Patrick Hanks and Oxford University Press
