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Hancock

in the US

There are 41,990 people with the last name "Hancock" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

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Hancock 592
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  1. is 588th most common Cline
  2. is 589th most common Rich
  3. is 590th most common David
  4. is 591st most common Atkins
  5. is 592nd most common Hancock
  6. is 593rd most common Booth
  7. is 594th most common Boone
  8. is 595th most common Ayala
  9. is 596th most common Christian

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Hancock

John, James, Robert, William, David, Michael, Mary, Charles, Richard, Thomas

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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