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The Blasi surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,524 people carried this name — #18,242 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 192,300 people counted. That is down 6% from 1,627 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Blasi surname

A patronymic surname transferred from the given name.

Inherited from Late Latin Blasi(us), name of a 3rd-4th century Armenian saint, possibly Latinized from an Ancient Greek name. Nowadays remained as one of the patronymic variants of Biagio.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Blasi» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 881 people named Blasi live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 498
City of Buenos Aires 163
Santa Fe 130
Córdoba 64
Mendoza 26

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

560 people named Blasi live in Switzerland.

They live in 17 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Solothurn.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Solothurn 153
Zurich 130
Bern 58
Graubünden 53
Aargau 32
Basel-Landschaft 24
Ticino 22
Lucerne 19

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 231 people named Blasi.

47 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 29 départements, most often Corsica.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 47
Corsica 36
Bouches-du-Rhône 29
Pyrénées-Orientales 25
Alpes-Maritimes 20
Var 9
Haute-Savoie 7
Paris 6
Ain 6

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In print

Blasi in American newspapers,
1906–1918.

Newspaper page from Sisseton Posten carrying the name Blasi
Sisseton Posten 1906-01-05
Newspaper page from New Ulm Post carrying the name Blasi
New Ulm Post 1918-06-07
Newspaper page from The Telegraph-courier carrying the name Blasi
The Telegraph-courier 1906-03-01

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 3,166 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Blasi,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Ascanio Ginevri Blasi
    Ascanio Ginevri Blasi 1825–1896 · politician
  • Ascanio Blasi 1645–1718 · Catholic priest
  • Antonio Blasi 1646–1732 · military personnel
  • Cammillo Blasi 1718–1785 · jurist
  • Benedetto Blasi 1795–1859 · entrepreneur
  • Benedetto Blasi 1865– · topographer

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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Surnames next to Blasi.

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