Find out how popular the last name Bloodsworth is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Bloodsworth.

Bloodsworth, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Bloodsworth surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Bloodsworth in America

Bloodsworth is the 34707th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Bloodsworth surname appeared 651 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Bloodsworth.

We can also compare 2010 data for Bloodsworth to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Bloodsworth

The surname Bloodsworth is of English origin, derived from a place name referring to a location in the English county of Norfolk. The name is believed to have originated in the late 12th or early 13th century, with the earliest recorded spelling being Bluthesworthe in 1203.

The name Bloodsworth is a locational surname, which means it was originally derived from the name of a town, village, or other geographical location. In this case, the name is thought to come from the Old English words "blod" meaning blood and "worth" meaning an enclosed homestead or small farm.

One of the earliest known bearers of the name was William de Blodesworth, who was mentioned in the Feet of Fines records for Norfolk in 1285. These records were copies of the final agreements made in the Court of Common Pleas, and their existence provides evidence of the name's use in medieval England.

In the 14th century, the name appeared in the Subsidy Rolls for Suffolk, where it was spelled as Blodesworth. These rolls were tax records that listed individuals who were required to pay a subsidized tax to the Crown.

A notable early bearer of the name was Sir Thomas Bloodsworth, a knight who lived in the late 14th century and was recorded in the Calendars of Patent Rolls for the reign of King Richard II (1377-1399). Sir Thomas was granted lands and manors in Norfolk and Suffolk during this period.

Another prominent figure with the surname was John Bloodsworth, a Member of Parliament who represented the borough of Thetford in Norfolk in the early 15th century during the reign of King Henry V (1413-1422).

In the 16th century, the name was sometimes recorded as Blodsworth, as seen in the Feet of Fines records for Norfolk in 1541, which mentioned a John Blodsworth of Mattishall.

A notable individual from the 17th century was Robert Bloodsworth, a merchant and landowner who was born in Norfolk in 1612. He acquired substantial estates in the county and was involved in local government as a Justice of the Peace.

During the English Civil War in the mid-17th century, a Captain William Bloodsworth fought for the Parliamentarian forces against King Charles I. He was mentioned in the records of the Committee for Compounding, which dealt with the estates of Royalists after the war.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Bloodsworth

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Bloodsworth.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Bloodsworth was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Bloodsworth has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Bloodsworth was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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