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Block

in North Carolina

There are 268 people with the last name "Block" in North Carolina.

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Ranking in North Carolina

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Block 3,533
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  1. is 3,529th most common Stackhouse
  2. is 3,530th most common Thames
  3. is 3,531st most common Wilfong
  4. is 3,532nd most common Yu
  5. is 3,533rd most common Block
  6. is 3,534th most common Donald
  7. is 3,535th most common Hutcherson
  8. is 3,536th most common Pagan
  9. is 3,537th most common Turbeville

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Block

Jeffrey, Christopher, David, Franklin, Leslie, Linda, Richard, Timothy, Bette

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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Jeffrey Block, NC (9 searches)
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