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There are approximately 2,118 people named Blood in the UK. That makes it the 4,299th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 34 are named Blood.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

England

Language of origin

English

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

English

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The Blood surname in historical dictionaries

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857)

(origin: 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.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.

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