Last name: BLOCH
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BLOCH : This last name is indexed 297,341 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
BLOCH : 1: Jewish (Ashkenazic): habitational name for someone in Eastern Europe originating from Italy from Polish włoch meaning ‘Italian’ (originally ‘foreigner’; see Vlach).2: German and Swedish: variant of Block.3: Danish: from blok ‘block (of wood)’ hence a nickname for a large lumpish person or from German Block (compare 2 above).
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