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 last name Bligt has its highest incidence in Finland. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bligt? popularity and diffusion

The last name Bligt is the 5,057,639th most frequent last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 87 percent of Bligt live; 80 percent live in Northern Europe and 80 percent live in Scandinavia.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Finland, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 785,243. In Finland it is mostly concentrated in: Ostrobothnia, where 100 percent live. Aside from Finland it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Sweden, where 33 percent live and The United States, where 13 percent live.

Bligt Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Bligt has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Bligt last name grew 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
  • 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 Bligt
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