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)

1. A village and civil parish in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP4235).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Bloxham is the 24049^th 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.