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

Bloxsom, 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 Bloxsom surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Bloxsom in America

Bloxsom is the 63218th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Bloxsom surname appeared 316 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 Bloxsom.

We can also compare 2010 data for Bloxsom 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 Bloxsom

The surname Bloxsom originated in England, deriving from the Old English words "blocc" meaning "block" or "stump" and "hamm" meaning "meadow" or "enclosure." This suggests the name may have initially referred to someone who lived near a clearing or meadow surrounded by woodland stumps.

One of the earliest recorded mentions of the name can be found in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it appears as "Blocsham." This document records a landowner with this name in Somerset. Over time, the spelling evolved into Bloxsom, Bloxham, and other variations.

During the 13th century, records show a Richard de Bloxham held lands in Oxfordshire. A century later, in 1327, a John de Bloxham is mentioned as a Benedictine monk and chronicler at Bury St Edmunds Abbey in Suffolk.

Notable Bloxsoms throughout history include John Bloxam (1599-1659), an English clergyman and schoolmaster who served as headmaster of Magdalen College School in Oxford. Later, Samuel Bloxam (1807-1888) was an English clergyman, antiquary, and author who wrote extensively on the architectural history of Oxfordshire churches.

In the 19th century, Matthew Holbeche Bloxam (1805-1888) was a British antiquary and naturalist, while his brother Andrew Bloxam (1801-1878) worked as a Gothic Revival architect, designing several churches in Rugby and Warwickshire.

Across the Atlantic, one of the earliest Bloxsoms in America was Richard Bloxsom, who arrived in Virginia in 1635 and later served as a church warden in Nansemond County. His descendants went on to settle in various parts of the American South and Midwest.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Bloxsom

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

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

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