The Bley surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 1,264 people carried this name — #19,727 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 212,800 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 234 people named Bley.
23 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 30 départements, most often Lot.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
47 people named Bley live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Basel-Stadt.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 28 people named Bley live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Luxembourg Province.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bley.
- Bleichner 340 · U.S. census
- Blenner 138 · U.S. census
- Bles 158 · U.S. census
- Blesch 185 · U.S. census
- Blessing 5,091 · U.S. census
- Blevin 193 · U.S. census
- Bleyer 284 · U.S. census
- Blier 421 · U.S. census
- Blind 715 · U.S. census
- Bloch 4,478 · U.S. census
- Blocher 1,500 · U.S. census
- Block 21,686 · U.S. census
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