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Hancock

in Virginia

There are 1,871 people with the last name "Hancock" in Virginia.

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Hancock 363
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  1. is 359th most common Bowles
  2. is 360th most common Underwood
  3. is 361st most common Moran
  4. is 362nd most common Barnett
  5. is 363rd most common Hancock
  6. is 364th most common Pope
  7. is 365th most common Ingram
  8. is 366th most common Francis
  9. is 367th most common Wilkerson

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Hancock

John, William, Robert, James, David, Michael, Mary, Elizabeth, 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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