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Block

in Rhode Island

There are 43 people with the last name "Block" in Rhode Island.

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Ranking in Rhode Island

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Block 3,257
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  1. is 3,253rd most common Abbate
  2. is 3,254th most common Beatty
  3. is 3,255th most common Beauchaine
  4. is 3,256th most common Beverly
  5. is 3,257th most common Block
  6. is 3,258th most common Bradbury
  7. is 3,259th most common Brand
  8. is 3,260th most common Brunetti
  9. is 3,261st most common Carrera

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Block

Barbara, Diane, Benjamin, Gary, Ilene, Kenneth, Robert, Allen, Bartley

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.

Recent Searches for "Block" in Rhode Island

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Barbara Block, RI (6 searches)
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