Blore

See also: blore, blorë, and bløre

English

Etymology

From Old English blōr (“swelling”).

Proper noun

Blore (countable and uncountable, plural Blores)

1. A village in Blore-with-Swinscoe parish, Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK137493).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Blore is the 84136^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 223 individuals. Blore is most common among White (93.27%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Blore”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 175.