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Hancock

in North Carolina

There are 1,939 people with the last name "Hancock" in North Carolina.

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Ranking in North Carolina

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Hancock 540
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  1. is 536th most common Mcclure
  2. is 537th most common Ryan
  3. is 538th most common Kiser
  4. is 539th most common Garrison
  5. is 540th most common Hancock
  6. is 541st most common Mckenzie
  7. is 542nd most common Grady
  8. is 543rd most common Arrington
  9. is 544th most common Odom

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Hancock

James, John, William, David, Robert, Michael, Charles, Mary, Richard, Barbara

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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James Hancock, NC (9 searches)
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