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Block

in Iowa

There are 545 people with the last name "Block" in Iowa.

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Ranking in Iowa

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Block 468
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  1. is 464th most common Casey
  2. is 465th most common Michael
  3. is 466th most common Mckee
  4. is 467th most common Page
  5. is 468th most common Block
  6. is 469th most common Shepherd
  7. is 470th most common Bender
  8. is 471st most common Lambert
  9. is 472nd most common Schafer

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Block

Robert, James, Mary, Dan, John, Daniel, Richard, Steven, Timothy

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 Iowa

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Robert Block, IA (8 searches)
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