Bligny Surname

611,703rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 505 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Bligny Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bligny Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France4981:133,37920,392
England21:27,859,030389,889
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Bligny Last Name Facts

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

The last name Bligny is more frequently found in France than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Bligny click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bligny? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 611,703rd most frequently used family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 14,430,784 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Bligny live; 98 percent live in Western Europe and 98 percent live in Gallo-Europe.

This last name is most widespread in France, where it is held by 498 people, or 1 in 133,379. In France it is primarily concentrated in: Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, where 30 percent live, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 13 percent live and Île-de-France, where 12 percent live. Besides France it exists in 6 countries. It is also found in England, where 0 percent live and Germany, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bligne8318/
Blegny8311/
Blaigne7750/
Bligner7715/
Belligni7118/
Blighner710/
Blegne67392/
Blegna67238/
Blegni6722/
Bleighner671/
Blisginnis6320/
Blegner621/
Blegnih621/
Wlighne621/
Vlaigna621/
Willignes530/

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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 Bligny
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