Blade Surname
Approximately 4,052 people bear this surname
Blade Surname Definition:
Gilbert Bladewine, Norfolk, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Juliana Blade, Huntingdonshire, 1273.
Read More About This SurnameBlade Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2,250 | 1:161,093 | 16,401 |
| Spain | 451 | 1:103,663 | 8,384 |
| England | 268 | 1:207,903 | 17,929 |
| Egypt | 153 | 1:600,887 | 32,813 |
| Liberia | 142 | 1:31,046 | 2,951 |
| Nigeria | 105 | 1:1,687,074 | 62,154 |
| Australia | 102 | 1:264,664 | 24,097 |
| New Zealand | 101 | 1:44,835 | 7,402 |
| Canada | 64 | 1:575,712 | 47,839 |
| France | 62 | 1:1,071,334 | 116,831 |
| Ireland | 47 | 1:100,190 | 5,388 |
| Singapore | 30 | 1:183,590 | 7,666 |
| Mexico | 22 | 1:5,642,100 | 30,806 |
| China | 21 | 1:65,110,551 | 3,537 |
| Brazil | 20 | 1:10,703,717 | 220,519 |
| India | 16 | 1:47,941,586 | 492,263 |
| South Africa | 13 | 1:4,167,516 | 132,322 |
| Wales | 10 | 1:309,453 | 16,869 |
| Cameroon | 10 | 1:2,076,907 | 105,188 |
| Argentina | 9 | 1:4,749,268 | 159,873 |
| Sweden | 8 | 1:1,230,845 | 90,587 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Netherlands | 7 | 1:2,412,454 | 94,797 |
| Northern Ireland | 7 | 1:263,577 | 11,625 |
| Hong Kong | 6 | 1:1,222,580 | 5,222 |
| Ivory Coast | 5 | 1:4,614,246 | 51,139 |
| Italy | 5 | 1:12,231,338 | 126,430 |
| Romania | 5 | 1:4,015,574 | 58,306 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Jamaica | 4 | 1:717,487 | 10,371 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Fiji | 4 | 1:223,598 | 2,635 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Guinea | 3 | 1:3,944,606 | 2,522 |
| Greece | 3 | 1:3,693,263 | 126,191 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Cambodia | 2 | 1:7,743,573 | 11,959 |
| Costa Rica | 2 | 1:2,390,034 | 10,205 |
| Hungary | 2 | 1:4,908,138 | 64,617 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Seychelles | 1 | 1:92,393 | 1,532 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Dominica | 1 | 1:75,891 | 912 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:99,202 | 6,620 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 24 | 1:184,578 | 9,087 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 186 | 1:131,050 | 12,125 |
| Scotland | 6 | 1:623,869 | 16,225 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 367 | 1:136,836 | 12,979 |
The alternate forms: Bladé (19) are calculated separately.
Blade (571) may also be a first name.
Blade Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Blade.' An unquestionable compound personal name occurs in the case of:
Gilbert Bladewine, Norfolk, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Juliana Blade, Huntingdonshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Emma Blade, Huntingdonshire, ibid.
1572. Robert Blades, Gloucestershire Hall: Register of the University of Oxford.
1747. Married - Thomas Brown and Jane Blade: St. George's Chapel, Mayfair.
(English) 1 the Anglo-Saxon name-stem Blæd- (as seen in Blædda) = Prosperity, Glory. [Old English blæd] 2 metonymic for Bladesmith, q.v.
Ferguson thinks from Old Norse bleydi, implying bashfulness.
The name Blade, Blades, Blaides, Blaydes, Bleyds, found written Bursblades, Buresblades, Bursebred, or Bursebleyd, is said to be of Danish origin. Wilkinson says the family assumed the local name of Burse-blades or Purse-blades, from residing at Burs-blade, near Durham.
From the Old Norse, Blaudr; from the Anglo-Saxon, Bleâde; from the Danish, Blad, Bladt; from the Swedish, Blad; from the Flemish, Bled; from the Dutch, Blad, Blatt; Scot. Blate; a personal name.
User-submitted Reference
Bladé, with an accent, and Blader, are Catalan surnames. They mean 'corn-handler'.
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Blade Religious Adherence
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Blade Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Blade Come From? nationality or country of origin
Blade (Arabic: بليد) occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms: Bladé. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Blade? popularity and diffusion
The last name Blade is the 114,109th most numerous family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 1,798,506 people. Blade is predominantly found in The Americas, where 59 percent of Blade are found; 58 percent are found in North America and 57 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Blade is also the 350,891st most widespread given name world-wide, held by 571 people.
The surname Blade is most common in The United States, where it is held by 2,250 people, or 1 in 161,093. In The United States it is most frequent in: California, where 11 percent reside, Illinois, where 7 percent reside and Texas, where 6 percent reside. Outside of The United States it occurs in 90 countries. It also occurs in Spain, where 11 percent reside and England, where 7 percent reside.
Blade Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Blade has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Blade surname rose 613 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 144 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it rose 196 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Scotland it fell 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Blade Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Blade surname is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland, Orthodox (60%) in Russia and Christian (89%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those holding the Blade last name are 0.48% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 52.75% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Blade earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 8.81% less than the national average, earning $39,349 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.85% less than the national average, earning $47,272 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Blade Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Blade in the Arabic language | ||
| بليد | blyd | - |
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