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Hancock

in California

There are 2,518 people with the last name "Hancock" in California.

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Ranking in California

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Hancock 1,110
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  1. is 1,106th most common Aviles
  2. is 1,107th most common Prince
  3. is 1,108th most common Bird
  4. is 1,109th most common Cuellar
  5. is 1,110th most common Hancock
  6. is 1,111th most common Benjamin
  7. is 1,112th most common Floyd
  8. is 1,113th most common Mcconnell
  9. is 1,114th most common Ontiveros

Similar Names and Nicknames

Hance, Hanchett, Hanchey, Hancox, Hancher, Hancheck, Hanchak, Hancey, Hancook, Hankis

Most Common First Names for Hancock

John, Robert, James, David, Michael, Christopher, Mark, William, Richard

Meaning & History

English: from the Middle English personal name Hann + the hypocoristic suffix -cok, which was commonly added to personal names (see Cocke).

Dutch: from Middle Dutch hanecoc ‘winkle’, ‘periwinkle’ (a type of shellfish), probably a metonymic occupational name for someone who gathered and sold shellfish.

FOREBEARS Thomas Hancock, the uncle of Declaration of Independence signatory John Hancock (1736/7–93), was among the foremost of 18th-century American businessmen. He was a descendant of Nathaniel Hancock, who was known to have been in Cambridge, MA, as early as 1634. Born in Braintree, MA, John Hancock was president of the Second Continental Congress and the first governor of the state of MA.

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