Bloch is used as a family name or surname in Germany. It is 5 characters long in length.
Bloch is a variation of Bleeker. One who bleached cloth, a fuller.
One who lived at the sign of the block or cube; the short, stumpy, or stupid man.
How popular is Bloch?
Bloch is common in United States, Germany, Poland, France, Pakistan, Israel, Switzerland, Denmark, South Africa, Brazil, Canada, England, Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Norway, India, Netherlands, Paraguay, Thailand.
Bloch is ranked 14826 on our list.
Despite the fact that the number of Bloch bearers increased by 7.57 per cent in 2010 US census to 4817 since 2000, the surname slipped by 55 spots and ranked at 6965. The last name was found in around 2 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.
Race | 2010 | 2000 |
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White | 93.79 | 95.24 |
Hispanic or Latino | 3.01 | 2.01 |
Black | 1.45 | 1.34 |
Others | 0.98 | 0.89 |
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Immigrants to US
From Germany
23 years old farmer Alexandre Bloch who was residing in Bavaria migrated to USA on July 1, 1852 by Helvetia put out from Havre. Max Bloch (22) Watchmaker, 28 years old Francois Bloch, Jn.Cleindek Bloch, Friederic Bloch, aged 34, J. Bloch (44) Stone cutter, Abraham Bloch, aged 30, Farmer Jette Bloch, Farmer Eliz Bloch, and 846 other Bloch around 36.49% of whom were farmer while others worked as watchmaker and merchant, laborer, daughter, tailor, servant, dressmaker, butcher, printer, trader, miner, undefined code, joiner, baker, brewer, spinster, shoemaker, cook, clerk, dealer, mason, smith, engineer, weaver, tradesman, tourist, teacher, confectioner migrated to US from Havre, Rotterdam and Antwerp.
Bloch Namesakes
- Ernest Bloch, Swiss-born American composer
- Waldemar Bloch, Austrian composer
- Carl Bloch, Danish painter
- Scotty Bloch, American East Coast-based stage and television actress
- Iwan Bloch, German dermatologist and psychiatrist
- Débora Bloch, Brazilian actress
- Emit Bloch, American songwriter and musician
- Herbert Bloch, professor of Classics at Harvard and a renowned authority on Greek historiography
- Jules Bloch, French linguist who studied Indian languages
- Hans Glad Bloch, Norwegian military officer and government official
- Arthur Bloch, American writer, author of the Murphy's Law books
- Jean-Richard Bloch, French critic, novelist and playwright
- Avraham Yitzchak Bloch, Chief Rabbi and Rosh Yeshiva of the Telz Yeshiva
- Thomas Bloch, classical musician specializing
- Isaac Bloch, served as Chief Rabbi in Nancy, France
- Albert Bloch, American Modernist artist and the only American artist associated with Der Blaue Reiter
- Pedro Bloch, Brazilian writer
- Augustyn Bloch, Polish composer and organist
- Joseph Samuel Bloch, Bloch's parents,
- Alfred Bloch, French Olympic football player
- Shmaryahu Yitzchak Bloch, rabbi and Talmudist in Tsarist Russia and England
- Felix Bloch, Swiss-American physicist and Nobel physics laureate
- Ernst Bloch, German Marxist philosopher
- Marcus Elieser Bloch, German medical doctor and naturalist
- Joshua Bloch, American software engineer and a technology author
- Konrad Emil Bloch, German American biochemist
- Marc Bloch, French historian
- Robert Bloch, American fiction writer, primarily of crime, horror
- Denise Bloch, French secret agent working with the British Special Operations Executive
- Claude C. Bloch, 'The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Captain Claude Charles Bloch, United States Navy
- Andy Bloch, professional poker player
- Henry W. Bloch, American businessman and philanthropist
- Richard Bloch, American entrepreneur
- Kurt Bloch, American songwriter, guitarist
- Lucienne Bloch, Switzerland-born American artist
- Erich Bloch, German-born American electrical engineer and administrator
- Eduard Bloch, Austrian Jewish doctor practicing in Linz
- Scott Bloch, American attorney and former political appointee of President George W. Bush
- Moses Löb Bloch, Hungarian rabbi and rector at the Rabbinical Seminary of Budapest
- Julia Chang Bloch, Chinese American diplomat
Bloch Namesakes
- Ernest Bloch, Swiss-born American composer
- Waldemar Bloch, Austrian composer
- Carl Bloch, Danish painter
- Scotty Bloch, American East Coast-based stage and television actress
- Iwan Bloch, German dermatologist and psychiatrist
- Débora Bloch, Brazilian actress
- Emit Bloch, American songwriter and musician
- Herbert Bloch, professor of Classics at Harvard and a renowned authority on Greek historiography
- Jules Bloch, French linguist who studied Indian languages
- Hans Glad Bloch, Norwegian military officer and government official
- Arthur Bloch, American writer, author of the Murphy's Law books
- Jean-Richard Bloch, French critic, novelist and playwright
- Avraham Yitzchak Bloch, Chief Rabbi and Rosh Yeshiva of the Telz Yeshiva
- Thomas Bloch, classical musician specializing
- Isaac Bloch, served as Chief Rabbi in Nancy, France
- Albert Bloch, American Modernist artist and the only American artist associated with Der Blaue Reiter
- Pedro Bloch, Brazilian writer
- Augustyn Bloch, Polish composer and organist
- Joseph Samuel Bloch, Bloch's parents,
- Alfred Bloch, French Olympic football player
- Shmaryahu Yitzchak Bloch, rabbi and Talmudist in Tsarist Russia and England
- Felix Bloch, Swiss-American physicist and Nobel physics laureate
- Ernst Bloch, German Marxist philosopher
- Marcus Elieser Bloch, German medical doctor and naturalist
- Joshua Bloch, American software engineer and a technology author
- Konrad Emil Bloch, German American biochemist
- Marc Bloch, French historian
- Robert Bloch, American fiction writer, primarily of crime, horror
- Denise Bloch, French secret agent working with the British Special Operations Executive
- Claude C. Bloch, 'The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Captain Claude Charles Bloch, United States Navy
- Andy Bloch, professional poker player
- Henry W. Bloch, American businessman and philanthropist
- Richard Bloch, American entrepreneur
- Kurt Bloch, American songwriter, guitarist
- Lucienne Bloch, Switzerland-born American artist
- Erich Bloch, German-born American electrical engineer and administrator
- Eduard Bloch, Austrian Jewish doctor practicing in Linz
- Scott Bloch, American attorney and former political appointee of President George W. Bush
- Moses Löb Bloch, Hungarian rabbi and rector at the Rabbinical Seminary of Budapest
- Julia Chang Bloch, Chinese American diplomat
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