Blocks Surname

1,328,442nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 169 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Barbados

Blocks Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Blocks Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany511:1,578,53893,812
United States281:12,944,962483,512
South Africa251:2,167,10894,352
Netherlands181:938,17663,634
Zimbabwe101:1,543,82478,460
England101:5,571,806158,774
Iran71:10,968,932186,522
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Cambodia21:7,743,57311,959
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Malta11:430,2723,380
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Barbados11:287,4482,772
France11:66,422,722504,397
Fiji11:894,3914,568
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States231:2,183,421107,224

Blocks Last Name Facts

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

Blocks is carried by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Blocks? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,328,442nd most widely held family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 43,121,573 people. The last name Blocks occurs mostly in Europe, where 49 percent of Blocks are found; 43 percent are found in Western Europe and 42 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most widely held in Germany, where it is held by 51 people, or 1 in 1,578,538. In Germany it is most frequent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 47 percent live, Bavaria, where 16 percent live and Brandenburg, where 16 percent live. Besides Germany this last name exists in 21 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 17 percent live and South Africa, where 15 percent live.

Blocks Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Blocks has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Blocks surname increased 122 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Blocks Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Blocks earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 218.62% more than the national average, earning R 757,164 per year and in United States they earn 13.67% less than the national average, earning $37,250 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bloecks9250/
Blockås921/
Bloks91660/
Blockx831,590/
Blacks83327/
Blecks8318/
Blochs8310/
Bläcks838/
Blooks834/
Bloeks831/
Blloks830/
Blackås778/
Bloksch775/
Blacksh771/
Black's771/
Blokx7383/
Bluks7342/
Bleks7341/
Blaks7313/
Bloxs738/
Blogs736/
Blokš732/
Vloks731/
Blacs731/
Blocx731/
Blaschks710/
Bloggs672,084/
Bleeks67223/
Blecsh671/
Blechs671/
Blacse670/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
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  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Blocks
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