Blind Surname
Approximately 4,515 people bear this surname
Blind Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a nickname. 'the blind.'
Ralph le Blinde, Norfolk, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
1544-5. Silvester Blinde and Alice Gawge: Marriage Lic (Faculty Office).
Blind Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 1,236 | 1:65,134 | 8,346 |
| France | 1,148 | 1:57,860 | 7,736 |
| United States | 1,029 | 1:352,244 | 31,564 |
| Sweden | 234 | 1:42,080 | 3,338 |
| Netherlands | 184 | 1:91,778 | 15,089 |
| Brazil | 137 | 1:1,562,586 | 51,889 |
| Switzerland | 81 | 1:101,394 | 10,819 |
| Russia | 60 | 1:2,402,051 | 140,927 |
| Argentina | 55 | 1:777,153 | 51,982 |
| Canada | 45 | 1:818,791 | 63,991 |
| Iran | 38 | 1:2,020,593 | 71,790 |
| New Zealand | 38 | 1:119,166 | 14,967 |
| Portugal | 28 | 1:372,080 | 12,265 |
| Iraq | 21 | 1:1,667,698 | 16,789 |
| Norway | 20 | 1:257,114 | 27,149 |
| Kazakhstan | 20 | 1:884,125 | 54,571 |
| India | 15 | 1:51,137,692 | 512,385 |
| England | 14 | 1:3,979,861 | 125,553 |
| Hungary | 12 | 1:818,023 | 42,199 |
| Pakistan | 9 | 1:19,849,321 | 72,658 |
| Bangladesh | 9 | 1:17,706,308 | 13,537 |
| Austria | 6 | 1:1,419,239 | 86,529 |
| Israel | 5 | 1:1,711,527 | 84,568 |
| Moldova | 5 | 1:712,274 | 39,996 |
| Romania | 5 | 1:4,015,574 | 58,306 |
| Belgium | 4 | 1:2,874,161 | 111,046 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Azerbaijan | 3 | 1:3,216,374 | 32,290 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Armenia | 2 | 1:1,465,090 | 16,492 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Cambodia | 2 | 1:7,743,573 | 11,959 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 9 | 1:2,708,374 | 73,770 |
| Wales | 6 | 1:261,403 | 9,165 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 205 | 1:244,969 | 20,381 |
Blind (207) may also be a first name.
Blind Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a nickname. 'the blind.'
Ralph le Blinde, Norfolk, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
1544-5. Silvester Blinde and Alice Gawge: Marriage Lic (Faculty Office).
'Sightless,' ME. blinde. Roger Blynde, burgess of Peebles, rendered homage in 1296 (Bain, II, p. 198). Simon le Blynde of Peebles held the land of "le Farinhalghe," 1304 (Bain, II, p. 428).
(English) Sightless. [Middle English blinde, Old English blind] Ralph le Blinde.—Hundred Rolls But the Blinds in our directories seem largely to be recent German immigrants. In Mod. Ger. blind also = ‘false', ‘sham'
Blind Demographics
Average Male Blind Height
177.59 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Blind Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Blind Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Blind (Arabic: بليند, Russian: Блинд) occurs most in Germany. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Blind? popularity and diffusion
The surname Blind is the 104,023rd most frequently occurring last name in the world, held by around 1 in 1,614,074 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 67 percent of Blind live; 59 percent live in Western Europe and 33 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 629,010th most widely held given name on earth, held by 207 people.
This surname is most widespread in Germany, where it is carried by 1,236 people, or 1 in 65,134. In Germany it is mostly concentrated in: Baden-Württemberg, where 67 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 9 percent are found and Bavaria, where 9 percent are found. Other than Germany Blind is found in 62 countries. It is also found in France, where 25 percent are found and The United States, where 23 percent are found.
Blind Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Blind has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Blind last name rose 502 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 156 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it declined 83 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Blind Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Blind last name are 9.83% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 56.6% registered with the party.
The amount Blind earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Norway they earn 5.69% less than the national average, earning 326,377 kr per year; in United States they earn 1.57% more than the national average, earning $43,826 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.2% more than the national average, earning $52,268 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Blind Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Blind in the Russian language | ||
| Блинд | blind | - |
| Blind in the Arabic language | ||
| بليند | blynd | - |
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