as a Last Name
- 1,179
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Glock
Meaning & Origins
German: from Middle High German (Old High German glocka, apparently ultimately from a Celtic source), hence a topographic name for someone who lived by the bell tower of a church, a habitational name from a house distinguished by the sign of a bell, or a metonymic occupational name for a sexton (who among other duties was responsible for ringing the church bell) or a town crier (who used a handbell to draw attention).
| 23,068th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Hundreds
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 1,179
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Nebraska
- has the most people named Glock per capita
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