The Blocher Family Name

Before spelling settled in the modern era, so Bloch could easily become Blocher. The name is usually explained as “Foreigner, Italian”.

• Blocher ranked 16,560 in the 2010 US Census, with 1,733 people answering to the name. French civil records give 175 births under the name Blocher from 1891 to 2000, peaking in 1981–1990.
• Blocher is built on the same root as Bloch, with the ending -er.
• Other spellings include Bloh.

Blocher coat of arms

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