Bloyd Surname
Approximately 1,260 people bear this surname
Bloyd Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Lloyd,' from Ap-Lloyd; compare Bethell, Benyon, Sec. Lloyd is found as Floyd, Flood, and Flud. The patronymic became in a similar way Bloyd, Blood, and Blud. The Manchester Courier, Jan.
Read More About This SurnameBloyd Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,255 | 1:288,812 | 26,828 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 11 | 1:2,215,943 | 64,354 |
| Wales | 6 | 1:261,403 | 9,165 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 179 | 1:280,551 | 22,627 |
Bloyd (18) may also be a first name.
Bloyd Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Lloyd,' from Ap-Lloyd; compare Bethell, Benyon, Sec. Lloyd is found as Floyd, Flood, and Flud. The patronymic became in a similar way Bloyd, Blood, and Blud. The Manchester Courier, Jan. 8, 1886, describes a trial at the Cheshire Quarter Sessions, in which a woman named Bythell (Ap-lthell) is accused of robbing a fellmonger named Blud (Ap-Llud); compare Bowen or Bevan (Ap-Owen or Ap-Evan).
1741. Married — John Blood and Elizabeth Mann: St. Peter, Cornhill.
1750 — Ralph Walker and Hannah Blood: St. George's Chapel, Mayfair.
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'Ap-Lloyd,' i.e. the son of Lloyd (v. Blood). compare Floyd, showing the difficulty to English people of pronouncing the Ll in Lloyd.
Ole Norse, blaudr, bashful, timid. Ferguson.
In the Dutch, signifies timorous, cowardly; a simpleton. Lower informs us that Godkin, Blood (S'blood), and Sacre, may be regarded as clipped oaths, and given as names to the persons in the habit of using them; and that in the neighborhood of a fashionable square in London, are now living surgeons whose names are Churchyard, Death, Blood, and Slaughter.
Ferguson derives this name from Old Norse blaudr, bashful, timid. It may be the same name as Lloyd, Floyd, from W. llwyd, brown, grey. The name of General Blood appeared in Sporting Life in January, 1867.
Bloyd Demographics
Bloyd Religious Adherence
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Religious Adherence
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Bloyd Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bloyd Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bloyd (Russian: Блойд) occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bloyd? popularity and diffusion
The surname Bloyd is the 301,477th most widely held surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 5,783,767 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Bloyd reside; 100 percent reside in North America and 100 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,608,198th most frequently held first name internationally It is held by 18 people.
Bloyd is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 1,255 people, or 1 in 288,812. In The United States Bloyd is most prevalent in: Nevada, where 17 percent are found, Kentucky, where 16 percent are found and California, where 9 percent are found. Not including The United States this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 0 percent are found and Germany, where 0 percent are found.
Bloyd Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Bloyd has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Bloyd surname grew 701 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Bloyd Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Bloyd surname are 34.57% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 81.34% registered to vote for the party.
Bloyd earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 6.38% less than the national average, earning $40,398 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bloyed | 91 | 193 | / |
| Blloyd | 91 | 0 | / |
| Bloy | 89 | 1,477 | / |
| Blod | 89 | 40 | / |
| Blyd | 89 | 8 | / |
| Blood | 80 | 13,280 | / |
| Bloye | 80 | 1,942 | / |
| Bloys | 80 | 345 | / |
| Bloud | 80 | 244 | / |
| Bloed | 80 | 178 | / |
| Blodt | 80 | 39 | / |
| Bloyo | 80 | 23 | / |
| Blayd | 80 | 9 | / |
| Blodd | 80 | 7 | / |
| Blydt | 80 | 5 | / |
| Bloid | 80 | 3 | / |
| Bloey | 80 | 3 | / |
| Blouy | 80 | 3 | / |
| Blyod | 80 | 2 | / |
| Bloya | 80 | 2 | / |
| Bloyi | 80 | 2 | / |
| Bloyt | 80 | 2 | / |
| Blioy | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wloyd | 80 | 1 | / |
| Blyad | 80 | 1 | / |
| Bllod | 80 | 1 | / |
| Blyed | 80 | 1 | / |
| Blodz | 80 | 1 | / |
| Blloy | 80 | 1 | / |
| Bly | 75 | 10,026 | / |
| Blo | 75 | 2,317 | / |
| Belloy | 73 | 925 | / |
| Bloyet | 73 | 764 | / |
| Billod | 73 | 660 | / |
| Bellod | 73 | 534 | / |
| Bloedt | 73 | 44 | / |
| Billoy | 73 | 22 | / |
| Blayds | 73 | 16 | / |
| Blooyi | 73 | 3 | / |
| Bloudt | 73 | 2 | / |
| Bloosd | 73 | 1 | / |
| Blowed | 73 | 1 | / |
| Blayad | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bliodz | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bloëdt | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bleyid | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bloodd | 73 | 1 | / |
| Blayed | 73 | 0 | / |
| Bloyie | 73 | 0 | / |
| Bloyas | 73 | 0 | / |
| Blay | 67 | 31,205 | / |
| Blot | 67 | 16,871 | / |
| Bley | 67 | 13,083 | / |
| Bled | 67 | 4,530 | / |
| Blou | 67 | 3,343 | / |
| Blad | 67 | 2,431 | / |
| Bloh | 67 | 1,696 | / |
| Blos | 67 | 1,474 | / |
| Bloß | 67 | 1,412 | / |
| Bloj | 67 | 1,012 | / |
| Bloi | 67 | 960 | / |
| Blye | 67 | 930 | / |
| Bloe | 67 | 908 | / |
| Billoud | 67 | 829 | / |
| Bloa | 67 | 418 | / |
| Bliy | 67 | 416 | / |
| Bloo | 67 | 348 | / |
| Blid | 67 | 313 | / |
| Blyo | 67 | 272 | / |
| Bluy | 67 | 191 | / |
| Bllo | 67 | 117 | / |
| Blyt | 67 | 26 | / |
| Buillod | 67 | 21 | / |
| Hbly | 67 | 19 | / |
| Blya | 67 | 16 | / |
| Blio | 67 | 14 | / |
| Blyh | 67 | 12 | / |
| Bloz | 67 | 12 | / |
| Blop | 67 | 11 | / |
| Blyß | 67 | 10 | / |
| Belloud | 67 | 10 | / |
| Billhod | 67 | 5 | / |
| Blho | 67 | 5 | / |
| Billyad | 67 | 4 | / |
| Blyy | 67 | 4 | / |
| Blly | 67 | 3 | / |
| Belloed | 67 | 3 | / |
| Blayeds | 67 | 2 | / |
| Blgo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Vlod | 67 | 2 | / |
| Belloyi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bluo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wlod | 67 | 2 | / |
| Blyi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bloyett | 67 | 1 | / |
| Belloys | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wlyd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Belloye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Belloyo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Belloyt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bleyhid | 67 | 1 | / |
| Blhy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bljd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Billods | 67 | 0 | / |
| Billiod | 67 | 0 | / |
| Belloid | 67 | 0 | / |
Bloyd Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bloyd in the Russian language | ||
| Блойд | blojd | - |
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