Blus Surname
Approximately 5,300 people bear this surname
Blus Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 4,712 | 1:37,594 | 3,034 |
| Poland | 418 | 1:90,930 | 13,981 |
| United States | 51 | 1:7,107,038 | 327,397 |
| Russia | 30 | 1:4,804,102 | 217,805 |
| Germany | 14 | 1:5,750,390 | 205,224 |
| Scotland | 12 | 1:446,151 | 18,166 |
| Argentina | 12 | 1:3,561,951 | 138,643 |
| Canada | 9 | 1:4,093,955 | 205,175 |
| Denmark | 8 | 1:705,589 | 39,626 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| Czechia | 4 | 1:2,658,367 | 127,801 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Latvia | 2 | 1:1,025,023 | 41,546 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
The alternate forms: Bluś (5) are calculated separately.
Blus (1,100) may also be a first name.
Blus Demographics
Blus Political Affiliation
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Blus Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Blus Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Blus (Russian: Блус) is most common in Nigeria. It can also be rendered as: Bluś. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Blus? popularity and diffusion
It is the 90,442nd most prevalent family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 1,375,009 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 89 percent of Blus live; 89 percent live in West Africa and 89 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 240,570th most frequent first name at a global level. It is borne by 1,100 people.
Blus is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 4,712 people, or 1 in 37,594. In Nigeria Blus is most numerous in: Borno, where 91 percent live, Kebbi, where 2 percent live and Plateau, where 1 percent live. Barring Nigeria this surname occurs in 26 countries. It is also found in Poland, where 8 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.
Blus Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Blus has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Blus last name grew 2,550 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Blus Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those holding the Blus last name are 0.62% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 53.85% being registered to vote for the party.
Blus earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 13.61% less than the national average, earning $37,278 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Blus Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Blus in the Russian language | ||
| Блус | blus | - |
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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
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- 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 Blus
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