For the surname: BLOCH

Full Name	Suburb	State	Year
Gertrude BLOCH		Western Australia	1983
Gretta BLOCH	Double Bay	Western Australia	1981
Gwenyth BLOCH	Sylvania	Western Australia	1990
Harry BLOCH	at Repatriation Hospital, Concord, Sylvania	Western Australia	1977
Maria BLOCH	Ainslie, ACT	Queensland	2004
Raymond BLOCH	at Lismore	Western Australia	1983
Richard BLOCH	Kansas City	Queensland	2004
Robert BLOCH		Western Australia	1988
Ruth BLOCH		Western Australia	1995
Sydney BLOCH		Western Australia	2000
Valda BLOCH	Goolmangar	Western Australia	1984
William BLOCH	Bellevue Hill	Western Australia	1981
Betty BLOCH		Western Australia	2002
Rudolf BLOCH	Rose Bay	Western Australia	1977
Zise BLOCH	Bondi	Western Australia	1975
Precious BLOCH		Western Australia	2007
John BLOCH	Adelaide		0

Most likely it is a nickname, or a shortened form of a longer name. It may have been a nickname for a person with a pale complexion, or perhaps a person who had an illness which caused them to have a pale complexion. Some Jewish families took their surname from the town they lived in. Some Jewish families took their surname from the town they lived in. Some Jewish families took their surname from the town they lived in. Some Jewish families took their surname from the town t