Bloomer Surname

56,352nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9,000 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Northern Ireland

Bloomer Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the bloomer,' a worker at a bloomery, or bloom-smithy. The surname is found in Ulverston church register alongside Ashburner (which see), while remains of ancient bloomeries are found in the woods throughout the district: '1571, March 1.

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Bloomer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5,8261:62,2147,291
England1,6551:33,6674,452
Northern Ireland4341:4,251837
Australia3131:86,2489,971
Canada2611:141,17114,531
Scotland941:56,9564,742
Israel921:93,01810,885
Ireland901:52,3223,722
South Africa751:722,36951,132
New Zealand431:105,31013,865
Wales361:85,9597,098
Germany171:4,735,615183,652
Netherlands101:1,688,71881,846
Argentina61:7,123,902190,047
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Luxembourg21:290,2718,611
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
China21:683,660,78330,601
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Sierra Leone11:7,089,6311,533
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Belize11:355,4743,977
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Jersey11:99,2026,620
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
France11:66,422,722504,397
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland3461:12,8031,715
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England8881:27,4503,738
Scotland181:207,9567,652
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,7181:29,2313,559

Bloomer (30) may also be a first name.

Bloomer Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the bloomer,' a worker at a bloomery, or bloom-smithy. The surname is found in Ulverston church register alongside Ashburner (which see), while remains of ancient bloomeries are found in the woods throughout the district: '1571, March 1. Buried — Edmund Blomer, Ulverston.' Reference is repeatedly made to these blomeries in the records of Furness Abbey (West's Ant. of Furness, 1774).

Johannes Blomere, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Johannes Blomer, smyth, 1379: ibid.

Johannes de Kirkeby, blomer, 1379: ibid.

William le Blomere. Calendarium Genealogicum.

Henry Blewmer, Yorkshire, 1513:: Corpus Christi Guild (Surtees Society).

William Blumer, Yorkshire, 1515: ibid.

1587. George Blomer, Gloucestershire: Register of the University of Oxford.

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

(English) Ironworker (Worker at a Bloomery). [Middle English blomer(e; from Old English blóma, a mass of metal] William le Blomere.—Cal. Geneal.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

A synonym of Gormley, q.v

A Guide to Irish Names (1964) by Edward MacLysaght

A 'bloom' is a mass of iron that has gone a second time through the fire-Anglo-Saxon bloma; and a ' bloomary' was a refining house; hence probably a Bloomer was a person employed in the manufacture of iron.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Bloomer: a man who runs iron into moulds.

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

Bloomer Last Name Facts

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

Bloomer is found most in The United States. It may appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Bloomer.

How Common Is The Last Name Bloomer? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 56,352nd most commonly used surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 809,727 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 60 percent of Bloomer are found; 60 percent are found in North America and 60 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,911,214th most commonly used forename world-wide, borne by 30 people.

It is most frequent in The United States, where it is carried by 5,826 people, or 1 in 62,214. In The United States it is primarily found in: Texas, where 8 percent reside, Florida, where 5 percent reside and Missouri, where 5 percent reside. Besides The United States it exists in 41 countries. It is also common in England, where 18 percent reside and Northern Ireland, where 5 percent reside.

Bloomer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Bloomer has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Bloomer last name rose 339 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 186 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 522 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 74 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Bloomer Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Bloomer last name is predominantly Anglican (57%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Bloomer last name are 14.09% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 60.86% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Bloomer earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 37.77% more than the national average, earning R 327,396 per year; in United States they earn 1.93% more than the national average, earning $43,980 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.22% more than the national average, earning $55,255 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bloomier9314/
Blomer92548/
Bloome92513/
Bloemer862,532/
Blommer86452/
Blomert86104/
Blohmer8613/
Blomier862/
Bloumer861/
Bloomez861/
Bllomer861/
Blomeyr860/
Bloomey860/
Bloomes860/
Blome835,784/
Bloomheart823/
Blomerth8070/
Blommert8050/
Blomhert8012/
Billomer801/
Bloumier801/
Bloometh800/
Blumer776,234/
Blomme775,915/
Blümer77641/
Blamer77442/
Blohme77176/
Bloume77171/
Blomes7754/
Blomér7741/
Blomet7735/
Bloomy779/
Blomèr771/
Blomeh771/
Blosme771/
Blomey770/
Blomie770/
Blomerová758/
Blumert71350/
Bleumer71322/
Bellome71239/
Blummer71171/
Blaumer7152/
Blyumer7123/
Blumere7117/
Blomeid7112/
Bloomis714/
Blommie711/
Blumeer711/
Blomair711/
Blumier711/
Blommeu711/
Blommee711/
Blameer711/
Blumher710/
Blumerz710/
Blammer710/
Blamier710/
Blamere710/
Blame67716/
Bloma67138/
Blomé67135/
Blattmer6738/
Blyummer6713/
Blyumert6713/
Blummert677/
Billomes677/
Blomi676/
Bellomee674/
Bellomet672/
Bellamer671/
Bellomie671/
Geeblome671/
Vlome671/
Villomer671/
Blommeas671/
Blomy671/
Blasmeer671/
Bellomey670/
Willomer670/

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