How common is the surname Bloomer?

4,231 people in the United States had the surname Bloomer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 72,972 Americans. It ranked 7,827th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Bloomer?

Raymond Bloomer, American actor (1897-1982).

Where is the surname Bloomer most common?

Wikidata records people named Bloomer in the United States.

Is the surname Bloomer getting more or less common?

More common. 4,191 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,231 in 2010, up 1.0%.

The surname Bloomer

An English occupational surname, carried by 4,231 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B456

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bloomer is more common than 95.2% of them.

Origin

English origin

From Middle English Blomer, from Middle English bloma (“ingot of iron”).

Bloomer is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

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 4,231 people named Bloomer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 72,972 Americans. That is up 1.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,191.

#7,827

rank among US surnames

4,231

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+1%

change since 2000 (was #7,323)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,819	Shouse	4,234	72,921
#7,821	Powe	4,233	72,938
#7,825	Sanjuan	4,232	72,955
#7,827	Holston	4,231	72,972
#7,829	Moise	4,230	72,989
#7,830	Poynter	4,229	73,007
#7,831	Prevost	4,228	73,024

Who is named Bloomer

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

90% of people named Bloomer identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.8%
Two or more races 1.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Bloomers

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Raymond Bloomer
American actor (1897-1982)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bloomer

Bloomer has the Soundex code B456, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B456.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Bloomer come from?: From Middle English Blomer, from Middle English bloma (“ingot of iron”).
How common is the surname Bloomer?: 4,231 people in the United States had the surname Bloomer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 72,972 Americans. It ranked 7,827th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bloomer?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Bloomer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Bloomer?: Raymond Bloomer, American actor (1897-1982).
Where is the surname Bloomer most common?: Wikidata records people named Bloomer in the United States.
What type of surname is Bloomer?: Bloomer is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Bloomer getting more or less common?: More common. 4,191 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,231 in 2010, up 1.0%.