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Block

in Massachusetts

There are 321 people with the last name "Block" in Massachusetts.

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Ranking in Massachusetts

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Block 2,339
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  1. is 2,335th most common Mcclellan
  2. is 2,336th most common Randolph
  3. is 2,337th most common Stockwell
  4. is 2,338th most common Watt
  5. is 2,339th most common Block
  6. is 2,340th most common Bosworth
  7. is 2,341st most common Desai
  8. is 2,342nd most common Loomis
  9. is 2,343rd most common Meunier

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Block

Stephen, Steven, Harold, David, Debra, Donald, Caren, Deborah, Greg

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 Massachusetts

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Stephen Block, MA (8 searches)
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