How common is the surname Bloss?

2,505 people in the United States had the surname Bloss in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 123,252 Americans. It ranked 12,411th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Bloss?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Bloss identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Bloss?

Margaret Varner Bloss, badminton, squash and tennis player.

Where is the surname Bloss most common?

Wikidata records people named Bloss in the United States.

Is the surname Bloss getting more or less common?

More common. 2,353 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,505 in 2010, up 6.5%.

The surname Bloss

A surname, carried by 2,505 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex B420

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bloss is more common than 92.4% of them.

Origin

A surname

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,505 people named Bloss in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 123,252 Americans. That is up 6.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,353.

#12,411

rank among US surnames

2,505

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+6.5%

change since 2000 (was #12,149)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,407	Keithley	2,506	123,203
#12,411	Bloss	2,505	123,252
#12,417	Vanetten	2,504	123,301

Who is named Bloss

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

95% of people named Bloss identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Blosss

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Margaret Varner Bloss
Badminton, squash and tennis player, born 1927

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bloss

Bloss has the Soundex code B420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B420.

Questions

How common is the surname Bloss?: 2,505 people in the United States had the surname Bloss in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 123,252 Americans. It ranked 12,411th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bloss?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Bloss identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Bloss?: Margaret Varner Bloss, badminton, squash and tennis player.
Where is the surname Bloss most common?: Wikidata records people named Bloss in the United States.
Is the surname Bloss getting more or less common?: More common. 2,353 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,505 in 2010, up 6.5%.