Blunden Surname

107,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,355 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Isle of Man

Blunden Surname Definition:

= Blund or Blond (q.v.) + the French diminutive suff. -in.

Blunden Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2,1561:25,8433,532
Australia9731:27,7453,769
United States3851:941,45270,347
Canada2781:132,53813,752
South Africa2611:207,57722,069
New Zealand631:71,87810,704
Ireland511:92,3325,140
France501:1,328,454133,611
Wales311:99,8247,946
Northern Ireland271:68,3354,994
Scotland171:314,93014,413
Germany161:5,031,591189,895
Isle of Man71:12,2602,387
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
Jersey51:19,8403,614
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Trinidad and Tobago41:340,99412,383
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines31:37,5531,173
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland301:147,6628,013
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England9991:24,4003,379
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States491:1,024,87160,160

Blunden Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

= Blund or Blond (q.v.) + the French diminutive suff. -in.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Armorially identified with Blundell or Blondel. Wastin or Gastin Blondel occurs in Normandy, 1180 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae). This family came to England with William Malet, and William B. in 1165 held three fees of the Honour of the Malets of Eye (Liber Niger), and Robert de Crek held two more fees from Blondel. In Salop this family was seated before 1250 (Eyton's History of Salop). Sire Robert Blundell witnessed a charter of Abberbury Abbey, Salop (Mon. i. 606). A branch became seated at Ince, Lancashire, and another in Ireland as barons of Edenderry, viscounts Blundell. The baronets Blunden lost the ancient orthography of their name, but retained their original family arms, those of the Blundells, which suffice for their identification.

The Norman People (1874)

Blunden Last Name Facts

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

The surname Blunden (Arabic: بلندين) is found in England more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Blunden? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 107,171st most widely held surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 1,673,374 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 54 percent of Blunden are found; 53 percent are found in Northern Europe and 53 percent are found in British Isles.

This surname is most frequent in England, where it is borne by 2,156 people, or 1 in 25,843. In England it is most numerous in: Greater London, where 18 percent are found, Hampshire, where 11 percent are found and West Sussex, where 10 percent are found. Beside England this last name exists in 30 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 22 percent are found and The United States, where 9 percent are found.

Blunden Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Blunden has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Blunden last name increased 216 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it increased 786 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Ireland it increased 170 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Scotland it increased 1,700 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Blunden Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is chiefly Catholic (53%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Blunden surname are 15.19% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 61.96% being registered with the political party.

The amount Blunden earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 112.18% more than the national average, earning R 504,216 per year; in United States they earn 20.74% more than the national average, earning $52,098 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.28% less than the national average, earning $46,565 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Blundent931/
Blounden931/
Blaunden930/
Blonden86157/
Blundin8689/
Blundem868/
Blundyn864/
Blunding8011/
Blundina8010/
Blaundin803/
Blondien802/
Blundyna802/
Blondn771/
Blaunding750/
Blondin717,764/
Wlundin711/
Blondinn672/
Blumdin570/

Blunden Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Blunden in the Arabic language
بلندينblndyn-

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