Blustein Surname

521,888th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 623 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Canada

Blustein Surname Definition:

(from an acronym/abbreviation) Although the name sounds like the German or Yiddish “blue stone,” its derivation is the acronym for the expression ben leadoni avi, “the son of my revered father.” Sons of rabbis often signed their name this way in correspondence or books.

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Blustein Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4671:776,14360,198
Canada701:526,36644,416
Argentina231:1,858,40995,340
Australia201:1,349,78570,688
Israel151:570,50941,023
Costa Rica81:597,5094,667
Germany81:10,063,182283,807
France41:16,605,680368,153
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459

Blustein Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(from an acronym/abbreviation) Although the name sounds like the German or Yiddish “blue stone,” its derivation is the acronym for the expression ben leadoni avi, “the son of my revered father.” Sons of rabbis often signed their name this way in correspondence or books. The -stein is sometimes replaced by -shein and these suffixes are for the purpose of extending the name.

— Rabbi Benzion Kaganoff

Blustein Last Name Facts

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

The last name Blustein is found most in The United States. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Blustein.

How Common Is The Last Name Blustein? popularity and diffusion

It is the 521,888th most frequent surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 11,697,505 people. The last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 90 percent of Blustein live; 84 percent live in North America and 84 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most widely held in The United States, where it is held by 467 people, or 1 in 776,143. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: New York, where 20 percent are found, California, where 11 percent are found and Florida, where 11 percent are found. Without taking into account The United States this last name occurs in 14 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 11 percent are found and Argentina, where 4 percent are found.

Blustein Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Blustein last name are 16.47% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 69.7% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Blustein earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 45.52% more than the national average, earning $62,792 USD per year and in Canada they earn 103.02% more than the national average, earning $100,868 CAD per year.

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