Bladesmith Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Bladesmith Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the blade-smith,' a sword manufacturer. The 'Cuttellers, Bladesmythes, and Shethers' went together in the York Pageant: York Mystery Plays.

Thomas Bladesmith. Guild of St. George, Norwich.

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Bladesmith Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Bladesmith Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the blade-smith,' a sword manufacturer. The 'Cuttellers, Bladesmythes, and Shethers' went together in the York Pageant: York Mystery Plays.

Thomas Bladesmith. Guild of St. George, Norwich.

John Bladesmithe, Yorkshire: Barnes' Ecclesiastical Proceedings (Surtees Society).

John Bladsmyth, Swaffham, Norfolk: History of Norfolk.

Robert Raw, blaydsmythe, 1539, Newcastle-on-Tyne (List of male population capable of bearing arms): Welford's History of Newcastle and Gateshead.

John Fyce, bladsmitht Norwich, 1489: History of Norfolk.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(English) Sword-maker. [M.E bladesmyth(e, &c.; Old English blæd, a leaf + smið]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

A forger of sword-blades.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Blademaker: the same as our modern cutler. As a surname it has been condensed into Blades and Blaydes.

Family Names And Their Story (1913) by Sabine Baring-Gould

Blademaker: the same as our modern cutler. As a surname it has been condensed into Blades and Blaydes.

Family Names And Their Story (1913) by Sabine Baring-Gould

Bladesmith Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Bladesmith Come From? nationality or country of origin

Bladesmith is borne by more people in Australia than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Bladesmith click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bladesmith? popularity and diffusion

The last name Bladesmith is the 8,968,613th most commonly held surname globally It is held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name Bladesmith is predominantly found in The Americas, where 50 percent of Bladesmith live; 25 percent live in North America and 25 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most widespread in Australia, where it is borne by 1 people, or 1 in 26,995,701. In Australia it is most frequent in: Victoria, where 100 percent are found. Aside from Australia Bladesmith occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 25 percent are found and Turkey, where 25 percent are found.

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