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Hancock

in Pennsylvania

There are 974 people with the last name "Hancock" in Pennsylvania.

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Ranking in Pennsylvania

NameRank
Hancock 1,160
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  1. is 1,156th most common Sawyer
  2. is 1,157th most common Hollinger
  3. is 1,158th most common Yocum
  4. is 1,159th most common Cooke
  5. is 1,160th most common Hancock
  6. is 1,161st most common Harkins
  7. is 1,162nd most common Crowley
  8. is 1,163rd most common Bright
  9. is 1,164th most common Shade

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Hancock

John, James, Mary, Michael, Robert, William, David, Kenneth, Dennis, Edward

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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