Bloch Surname
Approximately 37,583 people bear this surname
Bloch Surname Definition:
(Ger.) Block (nickname) [Middle High German bloch. O.H.Ger. bloh(h]
Bloch Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7,721 | 1:46,945 | 5,700 |
| Germany | 7,391 | 1:10,892 | 1,382 |
| Poland | 4,756 | 1:7,992 | 1,057 |
| France | 4,321 | 1:15,372 | 1,629 |
| Pakistan | 3,325 | 1:53,727 | 2,150 |
| Israel | 2,152 | 1:3,977 | 558 |
| Switzerland | 2,037 | 1:4,032 | 570 |
| Denmark | 1,893 | 1:2,982 | 251 |
| South Africa | 536 | 1:101,078 | 12,246 |
| Brazil | 472 | 1:453,547 | 17,201 |
| Canada | 419 | 1:87,937 | 9,722 |
| England | 380 | 1:146,626 | 14,112 |
| Argentina | 327 | 1:130,714 | 11,069 |
| Australia | 299 | 1:90,287 | 10,366 |
| Belgium | 137 | 1:83,917 | 13,161 |
| Norway | 130 | 1:39,556 | 5,626 |
| India | 113 | 1:6,788,189 | 152,128 |
| Netherlands | 113 | 1:149,444 | 22,442 |
| Paraguay | 106 | 1:68,271 | 1,795 |
| Thailand | 101 | 1:699,390 | 116,161 |
| Sweden | 88 | 1:111,895 | 8,035 |
| Spain | 67 | 1:697,792 | 30,551 |
| Mexico | 64 | 1:1,939,472 | 18,543 |
| Austria | 56 | 1:152,061 | 20,229 |
| Iran | 51 | 1:1,505,540 | 59,762 |
| Czechia | 47 | 1:226,244 | 31,645 |
| Dominican Republic | 46 | 1:226,803 | 8,136 |
| Italy | 37 | 1:1,652,883 | 83,776 |
| Sudan | 36 | 1:1,041,950 | 3,038 |
| Romania | 32 | 1:627,433 | 44,366 |
| Lithuania | 29 | 1:104,641 | 13,555 |
| Ecuador | 23 | 1:691,559 | 12,337 |
| Venezuela | 22 | 1:1,372,913 | 18,810 |
| Greenland | 18 | 1:3,132 | 341 |
| Chile | 17 | 1:1,036,263 | 20,476 |
| Zimbabwe | 15 | 1:1,029,216 | 63,831 |
| Hungary | 14 | 1:701,163 | 38,752 |
| Scotland | 13 | 1:411,832 | 17,291 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Malaysia | 13 | 1:2,268,787 | 89,138 |
| Northern Ireland | 13 | 1:141,926 | 7,751 |
| United Arab Emirates | 12 | 1:763,523 | 25,625 |
| Colombia | 12 | 1:3,981,173 | 16,511 |
| Uruguay | 11 | 1:311,978 | 20,848 |
| Slovakia | 9 | 1:592,939 | 64,129 |
| Russia | 9 | 1:16,013,673 | 414,297 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Bolivia | 5 | 1:2,123,287 | 6,830 |
| China | 5 | 1:273,464,313 | 13,838 |
| El Salvador | 5 | 1:1,268,778 | 4,375 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Cambodia | 4 | 1:3,871,786 | 9,580 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Monaco | 3 | 1:12,355 | 2,088 |
| Japan | 3 | 1:42,614,764 | 59,022 |
| Slovenia | 3 | 1:829,225 | 25,091 |
| Honduras | 2 | 1:4,408,221 | 7,709 |
| Haiti | 2 | 1:5,341,954 | 21,336 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| New Zealand | 2 | 1:2,264,162 | 49,210 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Mauritius | 2 | 1:646,708 | 13,517 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Faroe Islands | 1 | 1:48,998 | 2,049 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| San Marino | 1 | 1:33,214 | 932 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 8 | 1:3,046,921 | 80,371 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 683 | 1:73,527 | 7,879 |
The alternate forms: Blöch (40) are calculated separately.
Bloch (112) may also be a first name.
Bloch Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Ger.) Block (nickname) [Middle High German bloch. O.H.Ger. bloh(h]
“Stranger”. Corruption of Old High German Wallach, whence Welsch, applied to Italians and French.
(German, English) One who lived at the sign of the block or cube; the short, stumpy, or stupid man.
(from a place name) From the Slavic vlach, “foreigner.” The name originated when Jews from central Europe migrated into Poland and were given the name. When they returned to German areas, the name was Germanized into Bloch.
Bloch Demographics
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Bloch Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bloch Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bloch (Hindi: ब्लोच, Marathi: बलोच) is carried by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant: Blöch. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bloch? popularity and diffusion
The surname Bloch is the 14,825th most frequent surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 193,905 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 57 percent of Bloch live; 37 percent live in Western Europe and 24 percent live in Germanic Europe. Bloch is also the 885,979th most commonly held first name throughout the world, held by 112 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 7,721 people, or 1 in 46,945. In The United States it is most frequent in: California, where 13 percent reside, New York, where 12 percent reside and Florida, where 8 percent reside. Beside The United States this surname occurs in 89 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 20 percent reside and Poland, where 13 percent reside.
Bloch Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Bloch has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Bloch surname expanded 1,130 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 4,750 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Bloch Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Bloch surname are 37.21% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 90.44% registered with the political party.
The amount Bloch earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 56.93% more than the national average, earning €47,127 per year; in Norway they earn 7.69% more than the national average, earning 372,689 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 147.69% more than the national average, earning R 588,600 per year; in Colombia they earn 53.52% more than the national average, earning $34,853,500 COP per year; in United States they earn 22.19% more than the national average, earning $52,725 USD per year and in Canada they earn 39.58% more than the national average, earning $69,349 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bloch Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bloch in the Hindi language | ||
| ब्लोच | bloca | - |
| Bloch in the Marathi language | ||
| बलोच | baloca | - |
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