as a Last Name
- 22,034
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Block
Meaning & Origins
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.
| 1,403rd in the U.S. for 2011 |
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Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 22,034
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- South Dakota
- has the most people named Block per capita
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