How common is the surname Bloom?

24,081 people in the United States had the surname Bloom in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 12,821 Americans. It ranked 1,483rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Bloom?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Bloom identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Bloom?

Harold Bloom, American literary critic, scholar, and writer (1930–2019), followed by Claire Bloom.

Where is the surname Bloom most common?

Wikidata records people named Bloom in the United States and the United Kingdom.

How do you pronounce Bloom?

Bloom is /bluːm/, one syllable.

Is the surname Bloom getting more or less common?

More common. 23,879 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 24,081 in 2010, up 0.8%.

The surname Bloom

An English surname, carried by 24,081 people in the United States.

Pronounced /bluːm/ 1 syllable Soundex B450

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bloom is more common than 99.1% of them.

Origin

English origin

English and Jewish surname converged from several origins: * Middle English blom (“ingot”), from Old English blōma (“lump of iron”) * Swedish Blom * Dutch Bloem, see bloem (“flower”) * Spelling variant of Blum

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 24,081 people named Bloom in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 12,821 Americans. That is up 0.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 23,879.

#1,483

rank among US surnames

24,081

people in 2010

8.2

per 100,000 Americans

+0.8%

change since 2000 (was #1,362)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,474	Inman	24,222	12,746
#1,475	Crews	24,219	12,748
#1,476	Kurtz	24,216	12,750
#1,477	Stroud	24,211	12,752
#1,478	Blanton	24,154	12,782
#1,479	Reece	24,145	12,787
#1,480	Liang	24,140	12,790

Who is named Bloom

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

93% of people named Bloom identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.2% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Blooms

22 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Harold Bloom
American literary critic, scholar, and writer (1930–2019)
Claire Bloom
British actress (born 1931)
Benjamin Bloom
American psychologist (1913–1999)
Rachel Bloom
American actress, singer, and producer, born 1987
Allan Bloom
American philosopher, classicist, and academician (1930–1992)
Matt Bloom
American football player and professional wrestler, born 1972
Verna Bloom
American actress (1938–2019)
Brian Bloom
American actor (born 1970)
Eric Bloom
American singer, songwriter and musician, born 1944
Molly Bloom
American entrepreneur and author, born 1978
Jeremy Bloom
American skier and football player, born 1982
John Bloom
American actor (1944-1999)

Notable Blooms come mostly from the United States (21) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bloom

Bloom has the Soundex code B450, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B450.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Bloom come from?: English and Jewish surname converged from several origins: * Middle English blom (“ingot”), from Old English blōma (“lump of iron”) * Swedish Blom * Dutch Bloem, see bloem (“flower”) * Spelling variant of Blum
How common is the surname Bloom?: 24,081 people in the United States had the surname Bloom in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 12,821 Americans. It ranked 1,483rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bloom?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Bloom identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Bloom?: Harold Bloom, American literary critic, scholar, and writer (1930–2019), followed by Claire Bloom.
Where is the surname Bloom most common?: Wikidata records people named Bloom in the United States and the United Kingdom.
How do you pronounce Bloom?: Bloom is /bluːm/, one syllable.
Is the surname Bloom getting more or less common?: More common. 23,879 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 24,081 in 2010, up 0.8%.