How common is the surname Bloxham?

1,048 people in the United States had the surname Bloxham in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 294,605 Americans. It ranked 24,049th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Bloxham?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Bloxham identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Bloxham?

William D. Bloxham, American politician (1835-1911).

Where is the surname Bloxham most common?

Wikidata records people named Bloxham in the United States.

Is the surname Bloxham getting more or less common?

More common. 934 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,048 in 2010, up 12%.

The surname Bloxham

An English place surname, carried by 1,048 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B425

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bloxham is more common than 85.2% of them.

Origin

English origin

From an unrecorded Old English byname *Blocc + -s- + hām (“manor, estate”).

Bloxham is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

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 1,048 people named Bloxham in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 294,605 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 934.

#24,049

rank among US surnames

1,048

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+12.2%

change since 2000 (was #24,969)

Who is named Bloxham

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

94% of people named Bloxham identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.9% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.9%
Two or more races 1.3%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Bloxhams

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

William D. Bloxham
American politician (1835-1911)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Bloxam
Bloxom

Bloxham has the Soundex code B425, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B425.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Bloxham come from?: From an unrecorded Old English byname *Blocc + -s- + hām (“manor, estate”).
How common is the surname Bloxham?: 1,048 people in the United States had the surname Bloxham in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 294,605 Americans. It ranked 24,049th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bloxham?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Bloxham identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Bloxham?: William D. Bloxham, American politician (1835-1911).
Where is the surname Bloxham most common?: Wikidata records people named Bloxham in the United States.
What type of surname is Bloxham?: Bloxham is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Bloxham getting more or less common?: More common. 934 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,048 in 2010, up 12%.
What are other spellings of Bloxham?: Bloxam and Bloxom.