Bligny Surname
Approximately 505 people bear this surname
Bligny Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 498 | 1:133,379 | 20,392 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Bligny Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bligny Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bligny is held by more people in France than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bligny? popularity and diffusion
The surname Bligny is the 611,703rd most widely held surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 14,430,784 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Bligny reside; 98 percent reside in Western Europe and 98 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.
The surname Bligny is most commonly used in France, where it is carried by 498 people, or 1 in 133,379. In France it is primarily concentrated in: Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, where 30 percent reside, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 13 percent reside and Île-de-France, where 12 percent reside. Beside France this last name occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in England, where 0 percent reside and Germany, where 0 percent reside.
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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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