Blaze Surname
Approximately 3,968 people bear this surname
Blaze Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Blaze.' St. Blaise was the patron saint of wool-combers, and his festival (Feb. 3) till recent days was faithfully commemorated in Yorkshire. A full-sized effigy of the bishop is carved in the principal entrance to the Bradford Exchange.
Read More About This SurnameBlaze Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,673 | 1:216,652 | 21,081 |
| Ghana | 970 | 1:27,856 | 3,309 |
| England | 211 | 1:264,067 | 20,991 |
| Saudi Arabia | 159 | 1:194,062 | 29,524 |
| Nigeria | 143 | 1:1,238,761 | 49,638 |
| India | 138 | 1:5,558,445 | 134,139 |
| France | 122 | 1:544,449 | 74,270 |
| Canada | 90 | 1:409,395 | 36,056 |
| Philippines | 78 | 1:1,297,926 | 97,909 |
| Australia | 57 | 1:473,609 | 36,415 |
| Wales | 32 | 1:96,704 | 7,743 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| French Polynesia | 25 | 1:11,232 | 2,339 |
| Latvia | 20 | 1:102,502 | 14,510 |
| Netherlands | 15 | 1:1,125,812 | 68,885 |
| Indonesia | 9 | 1:14,694,355 | 460,137 |
| United Arab Emirates | 9 | 1:1,018,030 | 36,884 |
| Israel | 9 | 1:950,848 | 57,975 |
| Myanmar | 9 | 1:5,770,887 | 975 |
| New Zealand | 9 | 1:503,147 | 33,029 |
| Belgium | 9 | 1:1,277,405 | 87,318 |
| China | 8 | 1:170,915,196 | 8,932 |
| Uganda | 8 | 1:4,879,910 | 106,546 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| Malaysia | 7 | 1:4,213,461 | 150,293 |
| Jamaica | 6 | 1:478,324 | 10,136 |
| Liberia | 5 | 1:881,707 | 33,815 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Poland | 4 | 1:9,502,187 | 181,606 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 1:5,202,140 | 12,146 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Croatia | 4 | 1:1,057,151 | 57,892 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Ukraine | 3 | 1:15,174,232 | 372,501 |
| Romania | 3 | 1:6,692,623 | 78,504 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| Zambia | 3 | 1:5,283,307 | 43,479 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Bahamas | 2 | 1:195,876 | 1,708 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1:46,323,027 | 5,235 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 1:99,171 | 2,137 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Liechtenstein | 1 | 1:38,378 | 1,726 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 125 | 1:195,003 | 15,655 |
| Wales | 8 | 1:196,052 | 7,186 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 244 | 1:205,814 | 17,803 |
The alternate forms: Blaže (2) & Blãze (1) are calculated separately.
Blaze (1,552) may also be a first name.
Blaze Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Blaze.' St. Blaise was the patron saint of wool-combers, and his festival (Feb. 3) till recent days was faithfully commemorated in Yorkshire. A full-sized effigy of the bishop is carved in the principal entrance to the Bradford Exchange. As a font-name Blaise, or Blaze, just managed to survive the Reformation. Gil Bias has immortalized the name in literature; v. Puritan Nomenclature.
1550. Baptised — Blaze, daughter of — Gobdwinne: St Peter, Cornhill.
1555. Married — Blase Sawlter and Coilis Smith: ibid.
1662. — Blase Whyte to Mrs. Susanna Wright, widow: Canterbury Cath.
'Jan. 1537. Item, payed to Blaze for brawdering: Privy Purse Expenses, Princess Mary.
Blasius Billard: Patent Roll, 10 Henry VII.
Blase Caryll, temp. 1600: Visitation of London-1634.
1605. Baptised — James, s. Andrew Blase: St. James, Clerkenwell.
1744. Married — Joseph Tucker and Mary Bleeze: St. George, Hanover Square.
(French-Latin-Greek) Lisper, Stammerer. [French Blaise, Latin Blas-ius-cp. Latin blœs-us, lisping, &c.; Greekβλαίσ-ος]
An ancient personal name, borne by St. Blase or Blaise, the patron of the wool-combers of England. See Brady's Clavis Calend. i. 201.
"An ancient personal name borne by St. Blase or Blaise, the patron of the woolcoombers of England," says Lower, quoting Brady's Clavis Calend, 1201. compare the Sp. Blas (Gil Blas, Ruy Blas), the It. Biaggio, L. Blasius; probably from Gr. βλαστη bud, shoot, sprout, blossom; βλασταυω, to sprout, shoot forth, bud.
Blaze Demographics
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Blaze Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Blaze Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Blaze is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also occur as: Blaže or Blãze. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Blaze? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 116,221st most frequently held family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 1,836,579 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 44 percent of Blaze live; 42 percent live in North America and 41 percent live in Anglo-North America. Blaze is also the 196,716th most frequently used first name at a global level. It is borne by 1,552 people.
The last name Blaze is most numerous in The United States, where it is borne by 1,673 people, or 1 in 216,652. In The United States Blaze is most numerous in: California, where 15 percent reside, Texas, where 12 percent reside and Florida, where 7 percent reside. Without taking into account The United States this last name occurs in 88 countries. It also occurs in Ghana, where 24 percent reside and England, where 5 percent reside.
Blaze Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Blaze has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Blaze surname increased 686 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 169 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it increased 400 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Blaze Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is predominantly Orthodox (75%) in Russia and Christian (100%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those bearing the Blaze last name are 16.13% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 62.9% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Blaze earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 3.63% less than the national average, earning $41,584 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.92% more than the national average, earning $50,138 CAD per year.
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