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Hancock

in Massachusetts

There are 515 people with the last name "Hancock" in Massachusetts.

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Ranking in Massachusetts

NameRank
Hancock 1,490
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  1. is 1,486th most common Darosa
  2. is 1,487th most common Peloquin
  3. is 1,488th most common Rossetti
  4. is 1,489th most common Collette
  5. is 1,490th most common Hancock
  6. is 1,491st most common Lamoureux
  7. is 1,492nd most common Riordan
  8. is 1,493rd most common Sun
  9. is 1,494th most common Donoghue

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Hancock

John, James, Jason, William, Mary, Christopher, David, Paul, Robert, Charles

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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