Blethen Surname

475,771st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 703 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Blethen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Blethen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7021:516,32343,186
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1881:267,12121,813

Blethen Last Name Facts

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

Blethen has its highest incidence in The United States. It may also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Blethen? popularity and diffusion

The last name Blethen is the 475,771st most prevalent family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 10,366,353 people. It is primarily found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Blethen reside; 100 percent reside in North America and 100 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most widespread in The United States, where it is borne by 702 people, or 1 in 516,323. In The United States it is mostly found in: Maine, where 12 percent live, California, where 10 percent live and Washington, where 9 percent live. Not including The United States this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Brazil, where 0 percent live.

Blethen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Blethen has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Blethen surname increased 373 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Blethen Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Blethen surname are 13.92% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 60.69% registered to vote for the political party.

Blethen earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 11.51% more than the national average, earning $48,114 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bleethen931/
Bleten9221/
Blethn921/
Blythen86158/
Blethyn86115/
Bletgen8693/
Bletean8634/
Bleuten867/
Bletten866/
Bletien862/
Bletein861/
Blathen861/
Blethem861/
Blethin861/
Blothen860/
Blithen860/
Blettgen8048/
Bleitgen8040/
Blething803/
Blestein801/
Billeten800/
Bleathyn800/
Bloten7751/
Bliten7711/
Blaten773/
Bleything75227/
Blythin71558/
Blitgen7166/
Blisten7157/
Blythyn7137/
Blätgen7119/
Blehshtein711/
Blessthink711/
Blatten711/
Bleesstein711/
Blestin711/
Blitten711/
Blotten711/
Blitene710/
Blithin710/
Blaiten710/
Blathyn710/
Blything67267/
Blaisten6733/
Blättgen6726/
Blesting6722/
Blatn679/
Blithing677/
Bluitgen674/
Blistene673/
Bleetain671/
Bleistin670/
Blystene670/

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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 Blethen
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