Bligt Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Finland
Highest density in:
Finland

Bligt Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bligt Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Finland71:785,24338,644
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
France11:66,422,722504,397
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Bligt Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bligt is more commonly found in Finland than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bligt? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 5,057,639th most numerous last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. Bligt occurs mostly in Europe, where 87 percent of Bligt reside; 80 percent reside in Northern Europe and 80 percent reside in Scandinavia.

The last name is most frequently used in Finland, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 785,243. In Finland Bligt is primarily found in: Ostrobothnia, where 100 percent are found. Apart from Finland this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 33 percent are found and The United States, where 13 percent are found.

Bligt Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Bligt has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Bligt surname rose 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bligth911/
Blig8935/
Bleigth830/
Bligh804,337/
Blaig803/
Bleig801/
Billig733,572/
Bleigh73383/
Bellig73130/
Bliogh7310/
Bliggs732/
Blikte731/
Bliegh731/
Blicth731/
Blaict730/
Blix671,541/
Blik67639/
Blic6760/
Vlig6741/
Belligh6729/
Bleg6713/
Billigs6711/
Billigh6710/
Bleigue672/
Billiog672/
Wluigts671/
Bliq671/

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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
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  • 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 Bligt
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