The Blocker surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 9,149 people carried this name — #3,874 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 32,300 people counted. That is up 5% from 8,752 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Blocker surname

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as an occupational name: ‘the blocker’.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 111 · public domain.

In print

Blocker in American newspapers,
1874–1898.

Newspaper page from Desoto Times carrying the name Blocker
Desoto Times 1890-09-18
Newspaper page from Martinsburg Weekly Independent carrying the name Blocker
Martinsburg Weekly Independent 1874-05-02
Newspaper page from The Wheatland World carrying the name Blocker
The Wheatland World 1898-05-27

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 3,661 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Blocker in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1990s.

458 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Blocker. The most, 81, date from the 1920s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in South Australia, at 2.5 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

South Australia 138
New South Wales 106
Queensland 97
Victoria 72
Tasmania 19
Western Australia 12
ACT (Canberra) 10

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Blocker.

Who carried it

People named Blocker,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Sarah Ann Blocker
    Sarah Ann Blocker 1857–1944 · pedagogue
  • Dan Blocker
    Dan Blocker 1928–1972 · actor
  • Jack S. Blocker 1913–2006
  • Clyde Edward Blocker 1918– · writer
  • William P. Blocker 1918– · physician

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Blocker,
in the records of 5 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States480 records

480 records of the Blocker name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 243
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 109
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 51
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 39
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 18
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 18
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Jethro Blocker

    Born 1915 in Texas. Enlisted 1941 at Kalamazoo, Michigan; auto plant worker. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1985, buried at Fort Custer National Cemetery, Michigan.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Sophia Blocker

    Arrived at New Orleans in 1847 aboard the Desiree & Tully from Hamburg, aged 44; farmer. From Schleswig Holstein, Germany.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Murrie Lee Blocker

    Born 1942; from New Orleans, Louisiana. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1968 in Quang Tin, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 480 records for Blocker in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Germany134 records

134 records of the Blocker name in Germany
  • Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919 131
  • German estate files 3
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Karl Blöcker

    From Kiel-Wiek. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 22 May 1918.

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Hans Friedrich Ludwig Blöcker

    Estate settled at Schwartau in 1868; nailsmith.

    Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek / Landesarchiv Schleswig-Holstein (CC0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Johann Hinrich Friedrich Blöcker

    Estate settled at Stockelsdorf in 1881; of independent means.

    Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek / Landesarchiv Schleswig-Holstein (CC0)

Showing 3 of 134 records for Blocker in Germany.

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0) · Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

Netherlands76 records

76 records of the Blocker name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 67
  • Dutch population registers 5
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 4
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Viktor Blöcker

    Died 1963 in Overleden op Zee, aged 49; commercial traveller.

    Open Archives, Haags Gemeentearchief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Pieter Blocker

    Married in 1815 in Hoorn; shoemaker.

    Open Archives, Noord-Hollands Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Elisabeth Maria Blocker

    In the population register of Beverwijk; born 1893 in Beverwijk.

    Open Archives, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 76 records for Blocker in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

Australia4 records

4 records of the Blocker name in Australia
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 3
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 1
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record N. H. Blocker

    Seaman aboard the Gulf of Taranto, Queensland in 1901.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 1 of 4 records for Blocker in Australia.

Counts: Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Canada3 records

3 records of the Blocker name in Canada City of Winnipeg cemetery records
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record John Alfred Blocker

    Died 1977, aged 68; buried at Transcona Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

    City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Margaret Dunlop Blocker

    Died 1980, aged 66; buried at Transcona Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

    City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg.
  3. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Charlane Blocker

    Buried in 1980 at Transcona Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, aged 33.

    City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg.

Counts: City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

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