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Block

in New Jersey

There are 659 people with the last name "Block" in New Jersey.

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Ranking in New Jersey

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Block 1,094
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  1. is 1,090th most common Tejada
  2. is 1,091st most common Aguirre
  3. is 1,092nd most common Samuels
  4. is 1,093rd most common Ricciardi
  5. is 1,094th most common Block
  6. is 1,095th most common Leach
  7. is 1,096th most common Moon
  8. is 1,097th most common Sousa
  9. is 1,098th most common Shaffer

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Block

Robert, David, Michael, Richard, John, Steven, Ronald, Susan, Dennis

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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Robert Block, NJ (9 searches)
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