Blockley Surname

263,294th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,488 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Blockley Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Blockley,' a parish in Worcestershire, near Moreton.in-the-Marsh.

Geoffrey de Blockeleye, Cambridgeshire, Hundred Rolls.

Petrus de Blockeleye, 30 Edward I: Calendarium Genealogicum: Henry III-Edward I.

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Blockley Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England9441:59,0237,045
Australia1241:217,70720,896
New Zealand1201:37,7366,411
United States1161:3,124,646180,867
Scotland601:89,2306,335
Wales501:61,8915,534
Zimbabwe231:671,22849,171
South Africa191:2,851,458109,033
Sweden71:1,406,680102,017
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Ireland31:1,569,64617,286
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
France11:66,422,722504,397
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England5881:41,4555,235
Wales211:74,6863,520
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States271:1,859,95194,590

Blockley Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Blockley,' a parish in Worcestershire, near Moreton.in-the-Marsh.

Geoffrey de Blockeleye, Cambridgeshire, Hundred Rolls.

Petrus de Blockeleye, 30 Edward I: Calendarium Genealogicum: Henry III-Edward I.

1806. Married — Thomas Blockley and Mary Crook: St. George, Hanover Square.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(English) belonging to Blockley (Wore.) = Blocca’s Lea. [Anglo-Saxon Bloccan-leáh-Bloccan, genit. of Blocca]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

A parish in co. Worcester.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

A location name in Worcestershire.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Blockley Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Blockley Come From? nationality or country of origin

Blockley occurs in England more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Blockley? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 263,294th most commonly held surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 4,897,544 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 72 percent of Blockley live; 72 percent live in Northern Europe and 71 percent live in British Isles.

Blockley is most frequently used in England, where it is borne by 944 people, or 1 in 59,023. In England Blockley is most frequent in: Leicestershire, where 28 percent live, South Yorkshire, where 7 percent live and Nottinghamshire, where 5 percent live. Excluding England this last name occurs in 22 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 8 percent live and New Zealand, where 8 percent live.

Blockley Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Blockley has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the surname expanded 161 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it expanded 430 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Wales it expanded 238 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Blockley Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Blockley last name are 7.88% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 61.11% being registered with the political party.

The amount Blockley earn in different countries varies marginally. In South Africa they earn 11.72% more than the national average, earning R 265,500 per year; in United States they earn 9.71% more than the national average, earning $47,339 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.38% more than the national average, earning $55,834 CAD per year.

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