Blm Surname

3,882,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 26 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Blm Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Blm Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa111:4,925,246143,631
Thailand91:7,848,705447,191
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Blm (18) may also be a first name.

Blm Last Name Facts

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

The surname Blm (Russian: Блм) occurs more in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Blm? popularity and diffusion

The surname Blm is the 3,882,373rd most prevalent family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 280,290,228 people. The last name Blm is predominantly found in Africa, where 58 percent of Blm live; 42 percent live in Southern Africa and 42 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Blm is also the 2,608,198th most frequently occurring first name internationally, borne by 18 people.

The surname Blm is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 4,925,246. Excluding South Africa this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 35 percent reside and Morocco, where 15 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Belm86740/
Bhlm8646/
Bilm864/
Blme863/
Bllm862/
Blhm861/
Blehm751,350/
Bellm75859/
Belme75268/
Boelm7522/
Bilme757/
Beelm754/
Belhm753/
Bylme751/
Bhilm751/
Billm751/
Behlm750/
Billme6718/
Bhelme6711/
Vlm677/
Wlm675/
Belhlm674/
Beglim672/
Bellme670/

Blm Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Blm in the Russian language
Блмblm-

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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 Blm
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