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Block

in Maryland

There are 371 people with the last name "Block" in Maryland.

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Block 1,470
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  1. is 1,466th most common Cavanaugh
  2. is 1,467th most common Rucker
  3. is 1,468th most common Worthington
  4. is 1,469th most common Adler
  5. is 1,470th most common Block
  6. is 1,471st most common Meade
  7. is 1,472nd most common Doherty
  8. is 1,473rd most common Driscoll
  9. is 1,474th most common Forrester

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Block

Michael, Jay, Adam, Barbara, Bruce, Sharon, Susan, Frances, Lawrence, Patricia

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.

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Michael Block, MD (9 searches)
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