Bloy Surname

264,957th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,477 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Scotland

Bloy Surname Definition:

From Blois; a location name in Normandy.

Bloy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France3711:179,03727,905
England3631:153,49314,593
United States1811:2,002,536128,575
Germany1691:476,36441,414
South Africa1601:338,61131,451
Scotland671:79,9085,892
Canada561:657,95753,499
New Zealand421:107,81714,061
Australia191:1,420,82673,129
Qatar121:196,50026,891
Nigeria111:16,103,887259,204
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
Israel51:1,711,52784,568
Russia41:36,030,764577,589
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Spain31:15,584,012120,866
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland21:2,214,93333,683
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1371:177,92214,779
Scotland31:1,247,73924,719
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States681:738,51047,095

Bloy (19) may also be a first name.

Bloy Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

From Blois; a location name in Normandy.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Bloy Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bloy is carried by more people in France than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Bloy.

How Common Is The Last Name Bloy? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 264,957th most commonly held last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 4,934,019 people. The last name Bloy occurs predominantly in Europe, where 66 percent of Bloy are found; 37 percent are found in Western Europe and 29 percent are found in British Isles. Bloy is also the 2,523,061st most frequently used forename on earth It is held by 19 people.

This surname is most frequently held in France, where it is carried by 371 people, or 1 in 179,037. In France it is mostly concentrated in: Occitanie, where 42 percent reside, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 22 percent reside and Île-de-France, where 12 percent reside. Not including France this last name occurs in 20 countries. It is also found in England, where 25 percent reside and The United States, where 12 percent reside.

Bloy Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Bloy has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the last name rose 265 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it rose 266 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Scotland it rose 2,233 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Bloy Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Bloy surname is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Bloy surname are 21.32% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 68.09% registered with the political party.

The amount Bloy earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 39.21% more than the national average, earning R 330,804 per year; in United States they earn 11.99% more than the national average, earning $48,321 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.5% more than the national average, earning $52,910 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bloye891,942/
Bloyd891,260/
Bloys89345/
Bloyo8923/
Bloey893/
Blouy893/
Bloya892/
Bloyi892/
Bloyt892/
Blioy891/
Blloy891/
Bly8610,026/
Blo862,317/
Belloy80925/
Bloyet80764/
Bloyed80193/
Billoy8022/
Blooyi803/
Bloyie800/
Blloyd800/
Bloyas800/
Blay7531,205/
Blot7516,871/
Bley7513,083/
Blou753,343/
Bloh751,696/
Blos751,474/
Bloß751,412/
Bloj751,012/
Bloi75960/
Blye75930/
Bloe75908/
Bloa75418/
Bliy75416/
Bloo75348/
Blyo75272/
Bluy75191/
Bllo75117/
Blod7540/
Hbly7519/
Blya7516/
Blio7514/
Blyh7512/
Bloz7512/
Blop7511/
Blyß7510/
Blho755/
Blyy754/
Blly753/
Blgo752/
Bluo752/
Blyi752/
Blhy751/
Belloyi732/
Bloyett731/
Belloys731/
Belloye731/
Belloyo731/
Belloyt731/
Bello671,354,415/
Bloch6737,583/
Billy6737,276/
Blyth6714,555/
Blood6713,280/
Belly675,836/
Bloss674,840/
Billo674,088/
Blaya674,057/
Blois673,927/
Blayi672,760/
Bloos671,168/
Blott671,116/
Blowe671,067/
Bleys67940/
Blaye67648/
Blayo67553/
Bloot67449/
Bleho67405/
Blouz67394/
Blotz67363/
Blout67298/
Bleya67255/
Bloud67244/
Bleyo67241/
Bleyz67161/
Blouh67161/
Blyau67155/
Blayu67126/
Blytt67124/
Blous67117/
Bliot67107/
Blyui6781/
Blios6773/
Blahy6770/
Bluys6766/
Blosh6748/
Bleye6747/
Blodt6739/
Blays6734/
Bliya6732/
Blozs6731/
Blohs6728/
Blyue6724/
Bleyh6723/
Blosz6722/
Bloji6722/
Blehy6721/
Billooye6720/
Bleyi6719/
Bloux6716/
Bliey6715/
Blysz6710/
Bloit6710/
Blayd679/
Blost679/
Bliyo679/
Blayz678/
Bloup678/
Blaay678/
Bllya678/
Blyts678/
Blodd677/
Bloue677/
Bleyt677/
Blayt676/
Blydt675/
Bliay675/
Bylly675/
Blots675/
Bluos675/
Byllo675/
Blojo674/
Bléou674/
Bloís674/
Blyuy673/
Bloid673/
Hblos673/
Béllo673/
Bloiz673/
Blyas672/
Blyod672/
Bloop672/
Blaio672/
Bloja672/
Bhley671/
Bhliy671/
Bhlot671/
Bloph671/
Bluyh671/
Blyeh671/
Blyht671/
Blyph671/
Wloyd671/
Bllou671/
Blley671/
Blloe671/
Bliuy671/
Bèllo671/
Blych671/
Blyay671/
Bllod671/
Blayh671/
Blooj671/
Bleiy671/
Bleyé671/
Blyie671/
Blyoh671/
Blajo671/
Blodz671/
Blajy671/
Blhou671/
Bleey671/
Blhop671/
Blohe671/
Bloia671/
Hblhy671/
Bloio670/
Bloeh670/

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