Blétry Surname

2,460,878th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 61 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Switzerland
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Blétry Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Blétry Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Switzerland521:157,94114,824
France91:7,380,302306,885

The alternate forms: Bletry (198) are calculated separately.

Blétry Last Name Facts

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

The last name Blétry is found most in Switzerland. It can appear as a variant: Bletry. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Blétry? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,460,878th most commonly occurring family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 119,467,966 people. The surname Blétry occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Blétry live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 54 percent live in Gallo-Europe.

Blétry is most frequently held in Switzerland, where it is held by 52 people, or 1 in 157,941. In Switzerland it is most numerous in: Canton of Aargau, where 54 percent are found, Republic and Canton of the Jura, where 25 percent are found and Republic and Canton of Neuchâtel, where 19 percent are found. Aside from Switzerland this surname exists in one country. It is also found in France, where 15 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bletry94198/
Bléry9123/
Blatry8328/
Blaitry7767/
Blettry7716/
Blättry771/
Blery73383/
Bléré731/
Blaettry718/
Blethroy710/
Blairy67191/
Bleary6787/
Blerry679/
Bléret675/
Bleury672/
Bletre672/
Blérie672/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Blétry
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