Blessy Surname
Approximately 291 people bear this surname
Blessy Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 178 | 1:4,309,356 | 113,912 |
| Ivory Coast | 71 | 1:324,947 | 11,901 |
| United States | 10 | 1:36,245,893 | 832,629 |
| Kenya | 10 | 1:4,617,990 | 42,693 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Blessy (7,573) may also be a first name.
Blessy Demographics
Blessy Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Blessy Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Blessy Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Blessy (Bengali: ব্লেসি, Hindi: ब्लेसी, Marathi: बळेसी) has its highest incidence in India. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Blessy.
How Common Is The Last Name Blessy? popularity and diffusion
The last name Blessy is the 912,827th most common family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 25,043,113 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 64 percent of Blessy live; 62 percent live in South Asia and 62 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Blessy is also the 73,726th most frequently used first name world-wide It is held by 7,573 people.
The surname is most numerous in India, where it is held by 178 people, or 1 in 4,309,356. In India Blessy is primarily concentrated in: Kerala, where 28 percent live, Tamil Nadu, where 15 percent live and Andhra Pradesh, where 12 percent live. Outside of India Blessy exists in 19 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 24 percent live and The United States, where 3 percent live.
Blessy Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Blessy has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Blessy surname grew 500 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Blessy Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Blessy Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Blessy in the Bengali language | ||
| ব্লেসি | blesi | - |
| Blessy in the Marathi language | ||
| बळेसी | balesi | - |
| Blessy in the Hindi language | ||
| ब्लेसी | blesi | 50 |
| ब्लेस्सी | bles'si | 25 |
| बेलेसी | belesi | 12.5 |
| बलेसी | balesi | 12.5 |
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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 Blessy
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