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Hancock

in Illinois

There are 1,291 people with the last name "Hancock" in Illinois.

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Ranking in Illinois

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Hancock 763
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  1. is 759th most common Tapia
  2. is 760th most common Crane
  3. is 761st most common Dunlap
  4. is 762nd most common Ewing
  5. is 763rd most common Hancock
  6. is 764th most common Mahoney
  7. is 765th most common Heath
  8. is 766th most common Eaton
  9. is 767th most common Mcclure

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Hancock

John, James, William, David, Robert, Mary, Thomas, Michael, Charles, 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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