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Block

in California

There are 1,933 people with the last name "Block" in California.

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Ranking in California

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Block 1,465
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  1. is 1,461st most common Browne
  2. is 1,462nd most common Hewitt
  3. is 1,463rd most common Richter
  4. is 1,464th most common Tse
  5. is 1,465th most common Block
  6. is 1,466th most common Bright
  7. is 1,467th most common Rodarte
  8. is 1,468th most common Welsh
  9. is 1,469th most common Grossman

Similar Names and Nicknames

Black, Blake, Blocker, Bloch, Blakey, Blocher, Blick, Blecha, Bleck, Blok

Most Common First Names for Block

David, Richard, Robert, Michael, Steven, Charles, William, Harry, Lisa

Meaning & History

German and Dutch: from Middle High German bloch, Middle Dutch blok ‘block of wood’, ‘stocks’. The surname probably originated as a nickname for a large, lumpish man, or perhaps as a nickname for a persistent lawbreaker who found himself often in the stocks.

English: possibly a metonymic occupational name for someone who blocks, as in shoemaking and bookbinding, from Middle English blok ‘block’.

Jewish (Ashkenazic): Americanized spelling of Bloch (see Vlach).

FOREBEARS Adriaen Coertsz Block was a Dutch-born merchant-explorer who traded along the CT coast and Long Island shortly after Hudson's voyage to the region in 1609. Block Island, between the north fork of Long Island and RI, which he used as a base of operations, is named after him.

Recent Searches for "Block" in California

Since June 2009
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David Block, CA (9 searches)
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