Blok Surname
Approximately 18,113 people bear this surname
Blok Surname User-submission:
Blok is a Dutch surname, originally a nickname for a largely built person.
Blok Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 8,476 | 1:1,992 | 129 |
| Poland | 1,890 | 1:20,110 | 3,012 |
| Russia | 1,277 | 1:112,861 | 13,658 |
| Iran | 1,079 | 1:71,161 | 7,425 |
| United States | 954 | 1:379,936 | 33,574 |
| Cambodia | 776 | 1:19,958 | 1,305 |
| Sri Lanka | 658 | 1:31,624 | 3,961 |
| Denmark | 391 | 1:14,437 | 1,414 |
| South Africa | 372 | 1:145,639 | 16,615 |
| Australia | 272 | 1:99,249 | 11,236 |
| Germany | 239 | 1:336,843 | 33,164 |
| Canada | 228 | 1:161,603 | 16,308 |
| Kazakhstan | 163 | 1:108,482 | 11,800 |
| Israel | 151 | 1:56,673 | 7,302 |
| Ukraine | 133 | 1:342,276 | 42,663 |
| Argentina | 131 | 1:326,286 | 25,825 |
| Belgium | 124 | 1:92,715 | 14,331 |
| England | 112 | 1:497,483 | 31,781 |
| New Zealand | 71 | 1:63,779 | 9,777 |
| Thailand | 54 | 1:1,308,118 | 185,513 |
| Belarus | 50 | 1:190,021 | 24,552 |
| Greenland | 49 | 1:1,151 | 161 |
| Estonia | 42 | 1:31,472 | 5,782 |
| Brazil | 41 | 1:5,221,325 | 132,593 |
| Austria | 30 | 1:283,848 | 32,444 |
| Switzerland | 28 | 1:293,318 | 23,433 |
| France | 25 | 1:2,656,909 | 193,074 |
| Spain | 25 | 1:1,870,081 | 51,392 |
| Malaysia | 24 | 1:1,228,926 | 53,021 |
| Uzbekistan | 22 | 1:1,405,870 | 25,726 |
| Sweden | 20 | 1:492,338 | 35,486 |
| Jamaica | 19 | 1:151,050 | 5,132 |
| Norway | 16 | 1:321,393 | 31,311 |
| Panama | 16 | 1:244,516 | 6,353 |
| Indonesia | 16 | 1:8,265,575 | 327,276 |
| Scotland | 14 | 1:382,416 | 16,471 |
| Ireland | 14 | 1:336,353 | 12,021 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Aruba | 9 | 1:11,497 | 1,511 |
| Greece | 9 | 1:1,231,088 | 85,267 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Romania | 5 | 1:4,015,574 | 58,306 |
| Turkey | 5 | 1:15,564,284 | 149,633 |
| Serbia | 4 | 1:1,786,237 | 30,138 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| South Korea | 3 | 1:17,080,085 | 2,793 |
| Latvia | 3 | 1:683,349 | 34,074 |
| Vietnam | 3 | 1:30,882,018 | 4,101 |
| Japan | 3 | 1:42,614,764 | 59,022 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:1,547,266 | 39,871 |
| Moldova | 2 | 1:1,780,684 | 55,103 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Cuba | 2 | 1:5,761,358 | 13,825 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| British Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:31,594 | 1,029 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Faroe Islands | 1 | 1:48,998 | 2,049 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 21 | 1:1,160,732 | 43,748 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 34 | 1:1,477,020 | 79,266 |
The alternate forms: Blõk (1) are calculated separately.
Blok (431) may also be a first name.
Blok Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Blok is a Dutch surname, originally a nickname for a largely built person.
- deleted-173293Blok Demographics
Average Male Blok Height
177.21 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Blok Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Blok Come From? nationality or country of origin
Blok (Russian: Блок) is held by more people in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It may also be found as: Blõk. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Blok? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 29,567th most widespread last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 402,338 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 69 percent of Blok are found; 49 percent are found in Western Europe and 49 percent are found in Germanic Europe. It is also the 413,409th most numerous forename in the world It is held by 431 people.
It is most commonly held in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 8,476 people, or 1 in 1,992. In The Netherlands Blok is mostly found in: South Holland, where 34 percent are found, North Holland, where 20 percent are found and Utrecht, where 11 percent are found. Beside The Netherlands this surname is found in 83 countries. It is also common in Poland, where 10 percent are found and Russia, where 7 percent are found.
Blok Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Blok has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Blok last name expanded 2,806 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 533 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Blok Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is primarily Orthodox (91%) in Russia, Orthodox (100%) in Kazakhstan and Orthodox (61%) in Ukraine.
In The United States Blok are 25.25% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 72.02% being registered with the political party.
The amount Blok earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 13.87% less than the national average, earning 298,092 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 15.18% less than the national average, earning R 201,576 per year; in United States they earn 7.74% more than the national average, earning $46,489 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.64% more than the national average, earning $50,496 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Blok Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Blok in the Russian language | ||
| Блок | blok | - |
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