Blau Surname

46,226th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11,216 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Luxembourg

Blau Surname Definition:

(German, Dutch) One who was light-complexioned or blond; one wearing some article colored blue.

Blau Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4,6731:77,5658,864
Germany3,7361:21,5492,859
Brazil8291:258,2329,939
France4221:157,40024,433
Luxembourg1261:4,607639
Russia1231:1,171,73286,402
Argentina981:436,15732,981
England971:574,41334,909
Austria931:91,56413,432
Spain861:543,62826,445
Switzerland781:105,29411,128
South Africa731:742,16051,964
Canada721:511,74443,418
Australia691:391,24231,907
Chile631:279,6278,218
Indonesia461:2,874,982163,265
Ivory Coast451:512,69416,131
Hungary431:228,28618,658
Italy381:1,609,38783,030
Iraq311:1,129,73113,630
Slovakia301:177,88230,511
Thailand251:2,825,534284,782
Belarus241:395,87740,412
Papua New Guinea231:354,50947,011
Israel181:475,42436,085
Belgium171:676,27358,718
Costa Rica161:298,7543,169
Ukraine151:3,034,846176,305
Croatia151:281,90728,677
Denmark151:376,31425,792
Serbia141:510,35319,964
Ireland141:336,35312,021
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Guam121:13,3432,098
Czechia111:966,67976,885
Sweden101:984,67673,605
New Zealand91:503,14733,029
Uruguay91:381,30622,825
Nigeria91:19,682,529291,344
Malaysia61:4,915,704170,578
Northern Mariana Islands61:9,097939
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
Peru51:6,356,82538,776
Venezuela41:7,551,01953,668
Colombia41:11,943,51826,735
Romania41:5,019,46862,922
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Georgia31:1,248,51528,066
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
Panama31:1,304,08613,647
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
China21:683,660,78330,601
Guatemala21:8,041,3349,698
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Bhutan11:616,0391,715
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
French Polynesia11:280,8057,211
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Grenada11:108,5351,793
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England61:4,062,562101,150
Scotland51:748,64318,576
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1571:319,86425,024

Blau (355) may also be a first name.

Blau Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(German, Dutch) One who was light-complexioned or blond; one wearing some article colored blue.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

(from an acronym/abbreviation) or (from a personal characteristic) or (an invented surname) Blau often stands for ben leadoni avi, which means “son of my father and master,” a common signature used by sons of rabbis. Blau also means “blue,” “light- complexioned,” “blonde,” and may have described a person’s appearance. Finally, in many Hungarian communities the people were divided into arbitrary categories for the purpose of assigning them names. The most common categories were Weiss, (“white”), Schwartz (“black”), Gross (“big”), Klein (“little”). Sometimes Blau (“blue”) and Roth (“red”) were added for good measure.

— Rabbi Benzion Kaganoff

Blau Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Blau Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Blau (Georgian: ბლაუ, Russian: Блау, Tibetan: བ་ལའུ།) is found most frequently in The United States. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Blau click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Blau? popularity and diffusion

The surname Blau is the 46,226th most prevalent surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 649,746 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 47 percent of Blau live; 40 percent live in Western Europe and 38 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 462,374th most commonly occurring first name in the world It is held by 355 people.

The surname Blau is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 4,673 people, or 1 in 77,565. In The United States it is most common in: New York, where 22 percent are found, New Jersey, where 6 percent are found and Florida, where 6 percent are found. Excluding The United States this surname occurs in 72 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 33 percent are found and Brazil, where 7 percent are found.

Blau Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Blau has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Blau surname increased 2,976 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 1,617 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it declined 60 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Blau Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is chiefly Orthodox (86%) in Russia.

In The United States those holding the Blau last name are 4.66% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 51.43% being registered with the political party.

The amount Blau earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 16.43% less than the national average, earning S/. 16,200 per year; in South Africa they earn 1.82% more than the national average, earning R 241,968 per year; in United States they earn 23.49% more than the national average, earning $53,285 USD per year and in Canada they earn 102.66% more than the national average, earning $100,690 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Blaut891,654/
Blaue89777/
Blaud89609/
Blaus89339/
Blyau89155/
Blayu89126/
Blaju8977/
Blaiu8938/
Blauß8921/
Bllau895/
Blaux894/
Blauh893/
Bliau891/
Blauz890/
Bla8611,208/
Blu86483/
Billau80655/
Blauch80552/
Blaudt80263/
Bellau80221/
Blajut80195/
Bliaux80164/
Blaush8070/
Blauss8069/
Blayau8055/
Bliaut8033/
Blauet8028/
Blautt8023/
Blaius8017/
Blaoue8016/
Blajus8015/
Büllau8014/
Blausz8013/
Blaust803/
Bleaut803/
Blautz802/
Blayou802/
Bliaud802/
Blajou801/
Blauph801/
Byllau801/
Blauht801/
Bllaut801/
Blliau801/
Blautd801/
Blahue800/
Blas7573,359/
Blue7551,253/
Blay7531,205/
Bleu7515,619/
Blaj757,708/
Blah756,988/
Blus755,300/
Blou753,343/
Blaz752,539/
Blad752,431/
Blea752,201/
Blat751,811/
Blai751,307/
Blut75478/
Bloa75418/
Blud75364/
Bluj75336/
Blia75213/
Bluy75191/
Blaa75103/
Bluz75100/
Bluh7583/
Blae7555/
Blui7524/
Bhla7523/
Blla7521/
Bliu7520/
Blya7516/
Blup7513/
Bluu757/
Vlau756/
Bluś755/
Bllu753/
Blaš753/
Blux752/
Bluß752/
Bluo752/
Hblu752/
Bhlu751/
Blgu751/
Wlau751/
Blaň751/
Blaş751/
Blaź751/
Blúa751/
Bŭlu751/
B'La751/
Blap751/
Blha751/
Billaud737,269/
Billiau731,308/
Billaut731,235/
Billaux73792/
Billeau73492/
Bellaud73384/
Bliault7395/
Blauwet7384/
Blauová7332/
Bellaus7329/
Belliau7311/
Billahu7310/
Blaihut737/
Blaihou735/
Bellahu734/
Blausch732/
Bellaut732/
Blahoue732/
Bleault731/
Belhlau731/
Blaucht731/
Blauova731/
Be'elau731/
Bella6775,825/
Billa6755,391/
Blais6736,963/
Blaha6717,268/
Blatt6710,313/
Blass675,805/
Blaya674,057/
Blaas672,850/
Blayi672,760/
Bellu672,683/
Blach672,519/
Blust672,415/
Blash672,300/
Bláha672,026/
Bleus671,926/
Billu671,780/
Billault671,770/
Bladt671,662/
Bladh671,437/
Blaai671,267/
Blaja67657/
Blaye67648/
Bleha67624/
Blayo67553/
Blush67526/
Bleah67480/
Bleas67417/
Blouz67394/
Bleja67366/
Bylla67334/
Blout67298/
Bleue67270/
Bleya67255/
Bloud67244/
Billiaux67235/
Bleuh67195/
Bllah67186/
Blias67166/
Blouh67161/
Bluss67155/
Blaie67142/
Blaić67140/
Blous67117/
Blats67114/
Blaji67114/
Bliah67103/
Blapp6795/
Blaje6791/
Åblad6789/
Blawe6787/
Blaia6782/
Blyui6781/
Blahy6770/
Bleuß6769/
Blutt6768/
Bluys6766/
Blaat6765/
Bluch6761/
Blaid6755/
Blazs6750/
Bladd6745/
Bølla6744/
Bludd6738/
Billeaux6737/
Bluis6735/
Belleaud6735/
Blays6734/
Blaad6733/
Bliya6732/
Billiaud6732/
Blajs6727/
Blusz6727/
Blaih6725/
Blyue6724/
Blaiz6723/
Blija6722/
Bluie6720/
Bhlla6716/
Bloux6716/
Blhaj6713/
Bluhe6711/
Blait6710/
Bhlai6710/
Bllai6710/
Blayd679/
Blyut679/
Billeaut679/
Blayz678/
Bloup678/
Bleuš678/
Blahá678/
Blahý678/
Blaay678/
Bliaa678/
Bllya678/
Bloue677/
Billaudh677/
Blayt676/
Blahd676/
Bleia676/
Blead676/
Bllha676/
Vllau676/
Blaah675/
Bliay675/
Bluos675/
Bliuj675/
Blueh675/
Bölla675/
Bluit674/
Bhlia674/
Blaaß674/
Bléas674/
Bléou674/
Blyuy673/
Bllas673/
Bliat673/
Blouy673/
Bliai673/
Blads673/
Blyas672/
Bleea672/
Blazz672/
Blius672/
Blaio672/
Blajh672/
Bloya672/
Bloja672/
Bleut672/
Wlaiu672/
Blaht672/
Blast671/
Bleua671/
Blhue671/
Bllad671/
Bllae671/
Blahh671/
Bluip671/
Bluja671/
Bluji671/
Bluyh671/
Wlaut671/
Vleau671/
Bllou671/
Bluph671/
Bliuy671/
Bláia671/
Blyay671/
Bellault671/
Belleaut671/
Bliad671/
Blayh671/
Blaßs671/
Bleiu671/
Bleui671/
Bleuz671/
Bélla671/
Bílla671/
Blacz671/
Blaij671/
Blajo671/
Blajć671/
Billiaut671/
B'Lah671/
Bluzz671/
Blasd671/
Blajy671/
Blhou671/
Bllaz671/
Bliux671/
Blhai671/
Blliu671/
Bloia671/
Hblas671/
Bludt670/
Bleat670/
Blaihaus670/
Bleaz670/
Blatd670/

Blau Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Blau in the Georgian language
ბლაუblau-
Blau in the Tibetan language
བ་ལའུ།bala'u-
Blau in the Russian language
Блауblau-

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Footnotes

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