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Hancock

in Kentucky

There are 1,484 people with the last name "Hancock" in Kentucky.

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Hancock 339
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  1. is 335th most common Downs
  2. is 336th most common Weaver
  3. is 337th most common Matthews
  4. is 338th most common Dennis
  5. is 339th most common Hancock
  6. is 340th most common Floyd
  7. is 341st most common Welch
  8. is 342nd most common Childers
  9. is 343rd most common Norris

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Hancock

John, William, James, Robert, Michael, David, Mary, Jerry, Charles, Terry

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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