Blom Surname

11,006th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 50,999 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Blom Surname Definition:

“Flower” in Dutch.

Blom Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands16,3111:1,03545
South Africa12,4191:4,362563
Sweden9,0201:1,09279
United States4,2991:84,3129,546
Denmark1,6581:3,405292
Finland1,1981:4,588746
Norway1,1601:4,433407
Germany9091:88,56511,161
Australia7851:34,3894,524
Canada6791:54,2646,466
Namibia3111:7,7471,494
England2941:189,51716,830
France2701:246,01038,043
Belgium2461:46,7347,602
Suriname1661:3,329599
Saudi Arabia1591:194,06229,524
New Zealand1431:31,6675,500
Thailand1271:556,20795,235
Switzerland1211:67,8758,194
Brazil1151:1,861,51659,915
Spain781:599,38528,019
Lesotho681:29,8915,683
Luxembourg631:9,2151,495
Estonia501:26,4364,834
Argentina321:1,335,73276,713
Portugal281:372,08012,265
Aruba281:3,696529
Singapore261:211,83510,313
Italy151:4,077,113105,022
Ireland141:336,35312,021
Venezuela141:2,157,43425,468
United Arab Emirates141:654,44824,061
Colombia121:3,981,17316,511
Scotland111:486,71119,179
Sri Lanka91:2,312,0629,186
Russia81:18,015,382436,635
India81:95,883,173728,828
Croatia71:604,08640,820
Poland71:5,429,821146,768
Wales71:442,07621,198
China71:195,331,65210,124
Zimbabwe61:2,573,040106,478
Malaysia61:4,915,704170,578
Liberia51:881,70733,815
Northern Ireland51:369,00715,220
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Malta41:107,5681,849
Chile41:4,404,11844,633
Cambodia41:3,871,7869,580
Austria41:2,128,85991,203
Israel41:2,139,40895,907
Bahrain41:337,1526,054
Kazakhstan31:5,894,165166,702
Lebanon31:1,879,02822,073
Turkey31:25,940,474162,557
Bulgaria21:3,489,45264,958
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Tanzania21:26,470,806111,653
Iceland21:190,0456,825
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Andorra21:41,9191,654
Jordan21:4,421,21822,351
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Burundi11:9,804,8522,349
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Laos11:6,588,3231,961
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Seychelles11:92,3931,532
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England291:840,53036,623
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3071:163,57914,871

Blom (142) may also be a first name.

Blom Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

“Flower” in Dutch.

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

(Swedish) Flower.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Blom Last Name Facts

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

The surname Blom (Russian: Блом) is more commonly found in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Blom? popularity and diffusion

It is the 11,006th most frequent last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 142,896 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 62 percent of Blom live; 35 percent live in Western Europe and 34 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 775,413th most widely held first name on earth, held by 142 people.

The last name Blom is most prevalent in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 16,311 people, or 1 in 1,035. In The Netherlands it is mostly concentrated in: South Holland, where 26 percent live, North Holland, where 23 percent live and Gelderland, where 13 percent live. Without taking into account The Netherlands this surname occurs in 89 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 24 percent live and Sweden, where 18 percent live.

Blom Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Blom has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Blom surname grew 1,400 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 1,014 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it grew 1,100 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Blom Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Blom last name are 11.16% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 57.93% registered with the party.

The amount Blom earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 2.76% less than the national average, earning 336,518 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 18.08% more than the national average, earning R 280,608 per year; in Colombia they earn 4.83% less than the national average, earning $21,606,100 COP per year; in United States they earn 9.27% more than the national average, earning $47,148 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.42% less than the national average, earning $49,476 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bloom8945,722/
Bloem8910,104/
Blohm899,080/
Blome895,784/
Bloum89161/
Åblom8918/
Blomn8915/
Blomm8912/
Blomå895/
Blhom893/
Blosm892/
Bllom892/
Blomk891/
Bhlom891/
Bluom890/
Blomt890/
Blyom890/
Blomme805,915/
Bloome80513/
Blohme80176/
Bloume80171/
Bellom80153/
Bloohm8035/
Åhblom8022/
Billom8012/
Bloehm8012/
Bloumd801/
Bloomm801/
Blosme801/
Blohmm801/
Blum7582,947/
Blon752,578/
Blam752,449/
Blüm75920/
Wlom751/
Belloum731,292/
Bellome73239/
Bellomm731/
Blossem731/
Bloomqu731/
Bellhom731/
Belliom730/
Blume6727,307/
Bluhm6711,407/
Blond674,889/
Bhlon672,905/
Blong671,696/
Blyum671,607/
Bleum671,041/
Blaum671,021/
Blame67716/
Blumm67521/
Bloun67343/
Bloin67309/
Blone67229/
Bælum67213/
Blohn67187/
Blümm67182/
Blonn67178/
Blion6795/
Bloon6778/
Blahm6770/
Bluon6747/
Bluum6733/
Blont6732/
Blamd6728/
Blamm6725/
Blamn6723/
Bølum6717/
Blaam6717/
Blonh678/
Blium678/
Blasm676/
Blonc676/
Blühm673/
Blamc673/
Vllom672/
Blhum672/
Blhon672/
Bhlam672/
Blumh672/
Bloomová671/
Bhlum671/
Bllam671/
Blgon671/
Blamg671/
Bliam671/
Blyon671/
Blūmė671/
Vlome671/
Bluim670/
Bllon670/
Blumt670/
Vloom670/

Blom Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Blom in the Russian language
Бломblom-

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