Blazy Surname
Approximately 2,343 people bear this surname
Blazy 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 SurnameBlazy Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 2,014 | 1:32,980 | 4,002 |
| United States | 110 | 1:3,295,081 | 188,193 |
| Germany | 90 | 1:894,505 | 63,669 |
| Poland | 52 | 1:730,937 | 60,459 |
| Switzerland | 21 | 1:391,091 | 29,271 |
| India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
| Argentina | 9 | 1:4,749,268 | 159,873 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| Mexico | 5 | 1:24,825,241 | 58,251 |
| Monaco | 3 | 1:12,355 | 2,088 |
| Mauritius | 3 | 1:431,139 | 12,721 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 4 | 1:6,093,842 | 135,151 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 36 | 1:1,394,963 | 75,931 |
The alternate forms: Blázy (21) & Blaży (6) are calculated separately.
Blazy (179) may also be a first name.
Blazy 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 + English) = Blaze (q.v.) + the English diminutive suff. -y. (French-Latin-Greek + Celtic) belonging to Blaisy (France) = prob. Blasius’ Estate, [-y represents the Latin-Celt. poss. suff. -ac-um]
From the Old Norse, Blá-siða, cogn.; from the French, Blaise; from the Dutch, Blaze, Blazer, Bles; from the Flemish, Blaes, Blazy; in the Domesday Book, Blize; personal name St. Blazey; a location name in Comw. Bleiswijk; a location name in Holland.
Blazy Demographics
Average Blazy Salary in
United States
$53,059 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Blazy Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Blazy Come From? nationality or country of origin
Blazy (Arabic: بلازي) is found most in France. It can also be found as a variant: Blázy or Blaży. Click here for other possible spellings of Blazy.
How Common Is The Last Name Blazy? popularity and diffusion
Blazy is the 181,616th most frequently used family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 3,110,348 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 93 percent of Blazy reside; 91 percent reside in Western Europe and 87 percent reside in Gallo-Europe. Blazy is also the 681,368th most common given name worldwide, borne by 179 people.
The surname Blazy is most frequent in France, where it is carried by 2,014 people, or 1 in 32,980. In France Blazy is most prevalent in: Occitanie, where 49 percent live, Île-de-France, where 13 percent live and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, where 12 percent live. Excluding France this surname exists in 27 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 5 percent live and Germany, where 4 percent live.
Blazy Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Blazy has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Blazy last name rose 306 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 75 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Blazy Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Blazy surname are 7.08% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 53.85% being registered to vote for the party.
Blazy earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 22.97% more than the national average, earning $53,059 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Blazy Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Blazy in the Arabic language | ||
| بلازي | blazy | - |
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