The Blood surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,770 people carried this name — #5,964 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 51,000 people counted. That is up 2% from 5,646 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Blood surname

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as a baptismal name, from a given name: ‘the son of Lloyd’.

His entry covers Blood, Blud and Bloyd.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 111 · public domain.

In the first U.S. census, 1790

105 families named Blood, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 585 people lived in those households, 5.6 to a family on average. The table counts it together with one other spelling. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

Massachusetts 65
New Hampshire 32
Vermont 7
New York 1

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 230 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Blood in American newspapers,
1924.

Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Blood
Evening Star 1924-10-29
Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Blood
Evening Star 1924-10-16
Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Blood
Evening Star 1924-10-17

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 3,933 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Blood in Australian newspapers,
1820s–1990s.

12,678 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Blood. The most, 1,973, date from the 1910s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Western Australia, at 1.3 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 4,320
Victoria 3,057
Queensland 1,738
South Australia 1,652
Western Australia 1,372
Tasmania 310
ACT (Canberra) 188
Northern Territory 7

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Blood.

Who carried it

People named Blood,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Neptune Blood d. 1692
  • Mary Isabel O'Bryen d. 1946
  • William Blood d. 1818
  • Charles Blood d. 1749
  • Neptune Blood d. 1802
  • Elizabeth Maghlin d. 1805

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Blood,
in the records of 6 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States747 records

747 records of the Blood name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 232
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 170
  • Other U.S. records 345
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Guy B. Blood

    Born 1918 in California. Enlisted 1941 at Presidio of Monterey; stenographer. U.S. Army veteran of World War II and the Korean War; died 1992, buried at Eagle Point National Cemetery, Oregon.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Deloy Blood

    Born 1934; from Utah County, Utah. U.S. Army, field artillery chief; killed in action 1953 in North Korea.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record George H. Blood

    Arrived at New York in 1892 aboard the Britannic from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 21; laborer. From Warwick, Ireland; bound for New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 747 records for Blood in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia233 records

233 records of the Blood name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 106
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 77
  • Other Australian records 50
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Mary Ann Blood

    Applied for permission to marry in Van Diemen's Land in 1844. Married 1844 in Oatlands, Tasmania, aged 15.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Johanna Blood

    Arrived in Victoria in 1857 aboard the Guy Mannering, aged 5; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record Joseph Blood

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the Susan, arriving 1834; certificate of freedom 1840.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)

Showing 3 of 233 records for Blood in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0) · ACT Government, Transport Canberra and City Services (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain).

Netherlands15 records

15 records of the Blood name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch population registers 6
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 6
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 3
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Elisabeth Blood

    Born 1853 in Ouderkerk aan den Ijssel. Married in 1879 in Ouderkerk aan den Ijssel.

    Open Archives, Streekarchief Midden-Holland (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Jan Blood

    Buried in 1677 in Oudewater.

    Open Archives, Het Utrechts Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Elizabeth Blood

    Died 1891 in Hillegersberg, aged 38.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Rotterdam (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 15 records for Blood in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Canada12 records

12 records of the Blood name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 10
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 1
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Thomas Blood

    Died 1956; buried at Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

    City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Nellie Blood

    Died 1930 in Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Frank Blood

    Died in service in 1918.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Showing 3 of 12 records for Blood in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

New Zealand8 records

8 records of the Blood name in New Zealand Christchurch City cemetery records
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Levi Blood

    Buried in 1958 at Little River Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury, aged 83.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Alice Ellen Blood

    Died 1930, aged 82; buried at Sydenham Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record William George Blood

    Died 1913, aged 57; buried at Sydenham Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 8 records for Blood in New Zealand.

Counts: Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

United Kingdom7 records

7 records of the Blood name in the United Kingdom War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record W. R. Blood

    Northumberland Fusiliers. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  2. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record P. Blood

    Royal Munster Fusiliers. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  3. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record D. Blood

    Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Showing 3 of 7 records for Blood in the United Kingdom.

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

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