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Block

in the US

There are 19,936 people with the last name "Block" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

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Block 1,354
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  1. is 1,350th most common Bernal
  2. is 1,351st most common Masters
  3. is 1,352nd most common Erwin
  4. is 1,353rd most common Larkin
  5. is 1,354th most common Block
  6. is 1,355th most common Murillo
  7. is 1,356th most common Pereira
  8. is 1,357th most common Bowles
  9. is 1,358th most common Dubois

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Block

David, Robert, Michael, Richard, James, John, William, Steven, Mary

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 the US

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David Block (99 searches)
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