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

Bloomberg, 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 Bloomberg surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Bloomberg in America

Bloomberg is the 21583rd most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Bloomberg surname appeared 1,209 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 Bloomberg.

We can also compare 2010 data for Bloomberg 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 Bloomberg

The surname Bloomberg originates from the medieval German regions of Lower Saxony and Westphalia, dating back to the 12th century. It is derived from the Old High German words "blom" meaning "flower" and "berg" signifying "hill" or "mountain," thus translating to "flower hill" or "blooming mountain."

The earliest recorded instances of the name can be found in various historical documents from the 13th and 14th centuries. For example, the Codex Diplomaticus Saxoniae Regiae mentions a certain Hinricus Bloomberg residing in the town of Goslar in 1274. Additionally, the Annalen des Historischen Vereins für den Niederrhein reference a Johannes Bloomberg from Cologne in 1312.

During the late medieval period, the Bloomberg surname was particularly prevalent in the regions surrounding the cities of Hannover and Münster. In the 16th century, records show a Gerhard Bloomberg being a prominent merchant and landowner in the town of Osnabrück.

One of the earliest known individuals bearing the Bloomberg name was Hans Bloomberg, a German theologian and reformer born in 1479 in Wittenberg. He was a close associate of Martin Luther and played a significant role in the Protestant Reformation.

Another notable figure was Christoph Bloomberg, a 17th-century German painter and engraver born in 1612 in Nuremberg. His works, including religious paintings and engravings, can be found in several museums across Europe.

In the 18th century, the Bloomberg family had established itself in the city of Hamburg, where Johann Wolfgang Bloomberg, born in 1721, became a respected merchant and banker. His descendants continued the family's business ventures in the city for several generations.

In the 19th century, the name Bloomberg appeared in various regions of Germany, with individuals such as Karl Bloomberg, a prominent lawyer and judge born in 1835 in Berlin, and Wilhelm Bloomberg, a renowned architect born in 1848 in Hanover, who designed several notable buildings in the city.

As the centuries progressed, the Bloomberg surname spread across Europe and eventually to other parts of the world, carried by individuals who emigrated from their ancestral homelands. However, the name's origins can be traced back to the medieval German regions where it first emerged and flourished.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Bloomberg

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

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 Bloomberg 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 Bloomberg 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 Bloomberg was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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