Blessum Surname

1,022,958th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 247 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Norway

Blessum Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Blessum Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2391:1,516,565103,003
Norway61:857,04855,549
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Blessum Last Name Facts

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

The surname Blessum occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Blessum? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,022,958th most commonly occurring last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 29,504,234 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 96 percent of Blessum live; 96 percent live in North America and 96 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most widely held in The United States, where it is borne by 239 people, or 1 in 1,516,565. In The United States Blessum is most common in: North Dakota, where 27 percent live, California, where 24 percent live and Oklahoma, where 10 percent live. Besides The United States this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Norway, where 2 percent live and Australia, where 0 percent live.

Blessum Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Blessum has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 11,950 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Blessum Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Blessum last name are 21.41% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 68.18% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Blessum earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 44.14% more than the national average, earning 498,830 kr per year and in United States they earn 21.79% more than the national average, earning $52,552 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Blessom86117/
Blossum8620/
Blasum7737/
Bilsum775/
Blesom771/
Blosum771/
Belsum770/
Blssom770/
Blesson712,388/
Boelsum710/
Blaschum678/
Bljum672/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Blessum
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