The Blum surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 17,458 people carried this name — #2,072 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 16,900 people counted. That is up 1% from 17,262 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Blum surname
From the German surname, from Middle High German bluome (“flower”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Blum» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
3,631 people named Blum live in Switzerland.
They live in 25 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Lucerne.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
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 1,525 people named Blum.
114 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 71 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 642 people named Blum 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 mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Poland’s population register
258 people named Blum have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 408 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 15 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Pomeranian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 98 people named Blum 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 Liège.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
105 people named Blum is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Blum in American newspapers,
1911.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 140,981 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Blum,
with a public archive behind them.
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Georg Blum d. 1491 · mayor
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Wolf Blum d. 1443 · merchant
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Wolf Blum d. 1500 · merchant
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Richard Blum d. 1268 · falconer
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Joseph Blum d. 2002 · computer scientist
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Johann Ludwig Theodor Blum d. 1806 · music director
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Blum.
- Blosser 4,167 · U.S. census
- Blot 338 · U.S. census
- Blouin 2,474 · U.S. census
- Bloy 108 · U.S. census
- Bloyer 454 · U.S. census
- Bluem 138 · U.S. census
- Blume 5,826 · U.S. census
- Blumenfeld 1,594 · U.S. census
- Blumstein 445 · U.S. census
- Bly 4,823 · U.S. census
- Bo 1,348 · U.S. census
- Boa 213 · U.S. census
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