Blevins Surname

11,435th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 49,140 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Isle of Man

Blevins Surname User-submission:

The surname Blevins is derived from the Welsh word for wolf, blaidd. The name originally had a diminutive suffix of yn, which over time changed to in, and at some point in history, s was appended to the end of the name to create the modern spelling.

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Blevins Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States48,1901:7,521893
England2471:225,57918,901
Canada2101:175,45517,539
Northern Ireland1631:11,3191,718
Scotland841:63,7365,100
Australia501:539,91440,287
South Africa341:1,593,46280,086
Panama281:139,7244,684
Isle of Man161:5,3641,196
Guam161:10,0081,526
Germany161:5,031,591189,895
Thailand101:7,063,834426,148
Philippines101:10,123,822213,993
Wales61:515,75523,171
Brazil61:35,679,055486,536
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
China51:273,464,31313,838
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Iraq41:8,755,41423,373
South Korea31:17,080,0852,793
France21:33,211,361423,184
Costa Rica21:2,390,03410,205
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland861:51,5104,301
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England591:413,14224,536
Scotland91:415,91311,811
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,2281:15,5571,992

Blevins (106) may also be a first name.

Blevins Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The surname Blevins is derived from the Welsh word for wolf, blaidd. The name originally had a diminutive suffix of yn, which over time changed to in, and at some point in history, s was appended to the end of the name to create the modern spelling.

- jeremyblevins

Blevins Last Name Facts

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

The surname Blevins (Russian: Блевинс) occurs most in The United States. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Blevins.

How Common Is The Last Name Blevins? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 11,435th most frequently occurring family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 148,302 people. Blevins is predominantly found in The Americas, where 96 percent of Blevins live; 96 percent live in North America and 96 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 915,176th most frequently occurring first name internationally, borne by 106 people.

The surname Blevins is most frequent in The United States, where it is carried by 48,190 people, or 1 in 7,521. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Virginia, where 9 percent reside, Ohio, where 8 percent reside and Kentucky, where 8 percent reside. Other than The United States this last name occurs in 46 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent reside and Canada, where 0 percent reside.

Blevins Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Blevins has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Blevins surname grew 1,493 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 419 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 933 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 99 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Blevins Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is predominantly Anglican (83%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Blevins last name are 19.61% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 66.38% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Blevins earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 49.73% more than the national average, earning R 355,812 per year; in United States they earn 11.84% less than the national average, earning $38,040 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.35% more than the national average, earning $50,352 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bleavins93102/
Bleveins934/
Blaevins931/
Blevinns931/
D'Blevins881/
Bellevins881/
Blevens86870/
Blavins86100/
Blevims864/
Blivins864/
Vlevins863/
Blevinz862/
Bleveans8012/
Bleveens800/
Bleavens800/
Blivens7148/
Blavens710/
Blowens710/

Blevins Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Blevins in the Russian language
Блевинсblevins-

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Blevins Reference & Research

Blevins DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

Blevins FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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Footnotes

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