Bloch is used as a family name or surname in Germany. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Bloch
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Germany
Meaning:

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
White 93.79 95.24
Hispanic or Latino 3.01 2.01
Black 1.45 1.34
Others 0.98 0.89
Bloch is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Denmark is ahead in terms of density. Around 37581 person has been found who wears Bloch as their family name. Bloch is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Bloch:
5,700 United States7,719
1,382 Germany7,391
1,057 Poland4,756
1,629 France4,321
2,150 Pakistan3,325
558 Israel2,152
570 Switzerland2,037
251 Denmark1,893
Countries with hundreds of Bloch:
12,246 South Africa536
17,204 Brazil472
9,722 Canada419
14,112 England380
11,069 Argentina327
10,366 Australia299
13,161 Belgium137
5,626 Norway130
152,128 India113
22,442 Netherlands113
1,795 Paraguay106
116,161 Thailand101
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
8,035 Sweden88
30,551 Spain67
18,543 Mexico64
20,229 Austria56
59,762 Iran51
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
31,645 Czechia47
8,136 Dominican Republic46
83,776 Italy37
3,038 Sudan36
44,366 Romania32
13,555 Lithuania29
12,337 Ecuador23
18,810 Venezuela22
341 Greenland18
20,476 Chile17
63,831 Zimbabwe15
38,752 Hungary14
17,291 Scotland13
18,211 Singapore13
89,138 Malaysia13
7,751 Northern Ireland13
25,625 United Arab Emirates12
16,511 Colombia12
20,848 Uruguay11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
64,129 Slovakia9
414,297 Russia9
55,922 Qatar6
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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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