Bloyd Surname

301,477th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,260 people bear this surname

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

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.

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Bloyd Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,2551:288,81226,828
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England111:2,215,94364,354
Wales61:261,4039,165
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1791:280,55122,627

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.

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

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.

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

Ole Norse, blaudr, bashful, timid. Ferguson.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

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.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

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.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

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/territory. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bloyd? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 301,477th most widespread family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 5,783,767 people. The last name Bloyd is predominantly found 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 commonly occurring first name internationally. It is borne by 18 people.

This last name is most widespread in The United States, where it is carried by 1,255 people, or 1 in 288,812. In The United States Bloyd is mostly found in: Nevada, where 17 percent live, Kentucky, where 16 percent live and California, where 9 percent live. Other than The United States it occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 0 percent live and Germany, where 0 percent live.

Bloyd Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Bloyd has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 701 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Bloyd Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Bloyd last name is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Bloyd surname are 34.57% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 81.34% being registered with 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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bloyed91193/
Blloyd910/
Bloy891,477/
Blod8940/
Blyd898/
Blood8013,280/
Bloye801,942/
Bloys80345/
Bloud80244/
Bloed80178/
Blodt8039/
Bloyo8023/
Blayd809/
Blodd807/
Blydt805/
Bloid803/
Bloey803/
Blouy803/
Blyod802/
Bloya802/
Bloyi802/
Bloyt802/
Blioy801/
Wloyd801/
Blyad801/
Bllod801/
Blyed801/
Blodz801/
Blloy801/
Bly7510,026/
Blo752,317/
Belloy73925/
Bloyet73764/
Billod73660/
Bellod73534/
Bloedt7344/
Billoy7322/
Blayds7316/
Blooyi733/
Bloudt732/
Bloosd731/
Blowed731/
Blayad731/
Bliodz731/
Bloëdt731/
Bleyid731/
Bloodd731/
Blayed730/
Bloyie730/
Bloyas730/
Blay6731,205/
Blot6716,871/
Bley6713,083/
Bled674,530/
Blou673,343/
Blad672,431/
Bloh671,696/
Blos671,474/
Bloß671,412/
Bloj671,012/
Bloi67960/
Blye67930/
Bloe67908/
Billoud67829/
Bloa67418/
Bliy67416/
Bloo67348/
Blid67313/
Blyo67272/
Bluy67191/
Bllo67117/
Blyt6726/
Buillod6721/
Hbly6719/
Blya6716/
Blio6714/
Blyh6712/
Bloz6712/
Blop6711/
Blyß6710/
Belloud6710/
Billhod675/
Blho675/
Billyad674/
Blyy674/
Blly673/
Belloed673/
Blayeds672/
Blgo672/
Vlod672/
Belloyi672/
Bluo672/
Wlod672/
Blyi672/
Bloyett671/
Belloys671/
Wlyd671/
Belloye671/
Belloyo671/
Belloyt671/
Bleyhid671/
Blhy671/
Bljd671/
Billods670/
Billiod670/
Belloid670/

Bloyd Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Bloyd in the Russian language
Блойдblojd-

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