Bælum Surname

1,133,308th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 213 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Denmark
Highest density in:
Denmark

Bælum Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bælum Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Denmark2101:26,8802,760
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

The alternate forms: Blum (82,947) & Blüm (920) are calculated separately.

Bælum Last Name Facts

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

The last name Bælum is carried by more people in Denmark than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms: Blum or Blüm. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Bælum? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,133,308th most common surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 34,213,831 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Bælum live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 100 percent live in Scandinavia.

It is most frequently used in Denmark, where it is held by 210 people, or 1 in 26,880. In Denmark Bælum is mostly found in: Capital Region of Denmark, where 27 percent live, Region of Southern Denmark, where 21 percent live and Region Zealand, where 20 percent live. Barring Denmark Bælum exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Norway, where 1 percent live and Sweden, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Blum9682,947/
Blüm89920/
Blume8027,307/
Bluhm8011,407/
Blyum801,607/
Bleum801,041/
Blaum801,021/
Blumm80521/
Bloum80161/
Bluum8033/
Bølum8017/
Blumn8015/
Blium808/
Blumh802/
Blhum802/
Bhlum801/
Blumk801/
Vælum801/
Bluim800/
Blumt800/
Bluhme73379/
Bellum73241/
Blaume73185/
Bloume73171/
Billum7339/
Bøhlum7318/
Bliumn735/
Blumme735/
Blumck734/
Bliume731/
Blutim731/
Bloumd731/
Blumne731/
Bleume730/
Bllusm730/
Blom6750,999/
Belloum671,292/
Blun67155/
Blumová67113/
Billium67105/
Blumova6711/
Bellium6711/
Vlum672/
Bellume672/
Bhillum671/

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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 Bælum
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