Blumer Surname

78,347th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,234 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Blumer Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the bloomer,' a worker at a bloomery, or bloom-smithy. The surname is found in Ulverston church register alongside Ashburner (which see), while remains of ancient bloomeries are found in the woods throughout the district: '1571, March 1.

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Blumer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,7621:131,23113,823
Switzerland1,3911:5,904917
Brazil9291:230,4358,911
Germany3861:208,56323,697
Australia2491:108,41612,099
Canada1491:247,28623,510
England771:723,61140,488
Austria701:121,64916,953
Japan481:2,663,42331,597
Netherlands381:444,39944,765
South Africa321:1,693,05382,821
Israel161:534,85239,210
Venezuela131:2,323,39126,733
Chile91:1,957,38629,026
Norway81:642,78647,258
Uruguay71:490,25125,911
Italy61:10,192,781121,657
Spain61:7,792,006100,283
Russia61:24,020,509493,300
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Tunisia41:152,65617,743
France41:16,605,680368,153
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
China21:683,660,78330,601
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England661:369,32422,972
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3951:127,13612,256

The alternate forms: Blümer (641) are calculated separately.

Blumer (52) may also be a first name.

Blumer Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the bloomer,' a worker at a bloomery, or bloom-smithy. The surname is found in Ulverston church register alongside Ashburner (which see), while remains of ancient bloomeries are found in the woods throughout the district: '1571, March 1. Buried — Edmund Blomer, Ulverston.' Reference is repeatedly made to these blomeries in the records of Furness Abbey (West's Ant. of Furness, 1774).

Johannes Blomere, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Johannes Blomer, smyth, 1379: ibid.

Johannes de Kirkeby, blomer, 1379: ibid.

William le Blomere. Calendarium Genealogicum.

Henry Blewmer, Yorkshire, 1513:: Corpus Christi Guild (Surtees Society).

William Blumer, Yorkshire, 1515: ibid.

1587. George Blomer, Gloucestershire: Register of the University of Oxford.

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

A 'bloom' is a mass of iron that has gone a second time through the fire-Anglo-Saxon bloma; and a ' bloomary' was a refining house; hence probably a Bloomer was a person employed in the manufacture of iron.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Blumer Last Name Facts

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

Blumer (Russian: Блумер) occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may appear as: Blümer. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Blumer? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 78,347th most widely held surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 1,169,000 people. The last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 51 percent of Blumer are found; 36 percent are found in North America and 35 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,381,723rd most frequently used first name on earth. It is borne by 52 people.

This surname is most widely held in The United States, where it is borne by 2,762 people, or 1 in 131,231. In The United States it is primarily found in: Wisconsin, where 8 percent live, Missouri, where 8 percent live and Minnesota, where 6 percent live. Aside from The United States this surname occurs in 38 countries. It is also common in Switzerland, where 22 percent live and Brazil, where 15 percent live.

Blumer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Blumer has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Blumer surname rose 699 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 117 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Blumer Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Blumer are 19.96% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 66.73% registered with the party.

The amount Blumer earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 9.47% less than the national average, earning R 215,124 per year; in United States they earn 8.79% more than the national average, earning $46,941 USD per year and in Canada they earn 41.02% more than the national average, earning $70,064 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Blümer94641/
Blumert92350/
Bleumer92322/
Bluemer92251/
Blummer92171/
Blaumer9252/
Blyumer9223/
Blumere9217/
Bloumer921/
Blumier921/
Blumeer921/
Blumerz920/
Blumher920/
Blume9127,307/
Blyumert8613/
Blyummer8613/
Blummert867/
Bloumier861/
Bluemmer861/
Blomer83548/
Bluhme83379/
Blaume83185/
Bloume83171/
Blumet83128/
Blimer8397/
Blumes8367/
Blyume8360/
Blumie838/
Blumme835/
Blumed831/
Bliume831/
Bleume830/
Bellhumer803/
Bloomer779,000/
Bloemer772,532/
Blommer77452/
Blumire77124/
Bliemer7766/
Blümert7714/
Blumett778/
Bellume772/
Blomier772/
Blyumyr771/
Bleumie771/
Bleumir771/
Bllomer771/
Blummet770/
Blomeyr770/
Bellhumeur758/
Bellhumear751/
Bellheumer750/
Blome735,784/
Bluma731,903/
Blüme7337/
Blumi7310/
Blumj731/
Blumy730/
Bellimer7153/
Blümmert7115/
Billomer711/
Billimer711/
Blummett710/
Blomme675,915/
Bloome67513/
Billhimer67372/
Bloeme67117/
Blyuma6766/
Blomér6741/
Blumit6716/
Blummi677/
Blummé677/
Blimyr675/
Bliuma674/
Blouma673/
Blauma672/
Bloumi672/
Bloumy671/
Blumay671/
Blumaj671/
Blumid671/
Blomeh671/
Blomèr671/
Bleumi671/
Bleumy671/
Blumis671/
Blümme671/
Belloumes671/
Blomie670/
Blomey670/

Blumer Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Blumer in the Russian language
Блумерblumer-

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