Bloxham
English
Alternative forms
- Bloxam, Bloxom
Etymology
From an unrecorded Old English byname Blocc + -s- + hām (“manor, estate”).
Proper noun
Bloxham (countable and uncountable, plural Bloxhams)
- A village and civil parish in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP4235).
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Bloxham is the 24049th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1048 individuals. Bloxham is most common among White (93.7%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bloxham”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 175.