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Block

in Pennsylvania

There are 627 people with the last name "Block" in Pennsylvania.

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Ranking in Pennsylvania

NameRank
Block 1,959
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  1. is 1,955th most common Rosenthal
  2. is 1,956th most common Ruhl
  3. is 1,957th most common Sanner
  4. is 1,958th most common Stinson
  5. is 1,959th most common Block
  6. is 1,960th most common Cartwright
  7. is 1,961st most common Kirkland
  8. is 1,962nd most common Sexton
  9. is 1,963rd most common Bohn

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Block

Robert, John, David, Gary, Joseph, Andrew, Charles, Elizabeth, Michael

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, PA (9 searches)
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