Blizzard Surname

66,397th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,507 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Australia

Blizzard Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a nickname. or personal name like Joyce, Bliss (i.e. blithe); diminutive Blissot.

Blissot (no surname), Oxfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

(a) Local.

Hugh de Blesset, Oxfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

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Blizzard Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5,9721:60,6937,125
Australia5701:47,3615,928
England4391:126,92012,677
Canada3821:96,45410,500
Mexico421:2,955,38622,751
Trinidad and Tobago211:64,9515,118
New Zealand141:323,45226,435
South Africa111:4,925,246143,631
Wales71:442,07621,198
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Germany41:20,126,365436,245
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Georgia21:1,872,77235,618
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
France11:66,422,722504,397
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3021:80,7138,671
Wales41:392,10412,338
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,1791:42,5944,965

Blizzard (33) may also be a first name.

Blizzard Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a nickname. or personal name like Joyce, Bliss (i.e. blithe); diminutive Blissot.

Blissot (no surname), Oxfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

(a) Local.

Hugh de Blesset, Oxfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

1752. Married — Joseph Blizzard and Mary Bassitt: St. George's Chapel, Mayfair.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

1 = Bliss (q.v.) + the French diminutive or intens, suff. -ard, Teutonic hard/t, ‘hard' 2 for Blezard, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Blizzard Last Name Facts

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

The surname Blizzard is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Blizzard? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 66,397th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 970,767 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 86 percent of Blizzard live; 85 percent live in North America and 84 percent live in Anglo-North America. Blizzard is also the 1,807,719th most numerous first name worldwide, held by 33 people.

This last name is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 5,972 people, or 1 in 60,693. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Maryland, where 13 percent are found, North Carolina, where 12 percent are found and Florida, where 8 percent are found. Barring The United States this last name exists in 37 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 8 percent are found and England, where 6 percent are found.

Blizzard Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Blizzard has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Blizzard last name increased 507 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 145 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 175 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Blizzard Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Blizzard surname is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Blizzard surname are 19.3% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 66.07% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Blizzard earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 23.75% less than the national average, earning R 181,200 per year; in United States they earn 7.9% less than the national average, earning $39,742 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.27% more than the national average, earning $51,310 CAD per year.

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Blizzard Reference & Research

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Footnotes

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