The Blumberg surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,185 people carried this name — #10,119 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 92,600 people counted. That is down 3% from 3,273 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Blumberg surname

Reduced variant of Blumenberg.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Blumberg» (English), 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 68 people named Blumberg 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 City of Buenos Aires.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

City of Buenos Aires 41
Buenos Aires Province 27

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

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 48 people named Blumberg.

12 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 6 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 12
Bouches-du-Rhône 13
Paris 11
Doubs 8
Moselle 2
Puy-de-Dôme 1
Hauts-de-Seine 1

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

40 people named Blumberg live in Switzerland.

They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Zurich 20
Aargau 8
Ticino 7
Bern 5

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 Poland’s population register

38 people named Blumberg have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 83 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 7 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Silesian 9
Pomeranian 8
West Pomeranian 7
Kuyavian-Pomeranian 5
Warmian-Masurian 5
Lower Silesian 2
Greater Poland 2

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

In print

Blumberg in American newspapers,
1905–1914.

Newspaper page from The Baraboo News carrying the name Blumberg
The Baraboo News 1911-07-13
Newspaper page from The Corvallis Times carrying the name Blumberg
The Corvallis Times 1905-07-15
Newspaper page from The Salt Lake Tribune carrying the name Blumberg
The Salt Lake Tribune 1914-03-31

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 9,333 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Blumberg in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1990s.

2,126 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Blumberg. The most, 499, date from the 1950s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Queensland, at 2.6 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Queensland 1,247
New South Wales 380
South Australia 276
Victoria 176
ACT (Canberra) 19
Western Australia 18
Tasmania 8

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Blumberg.

Who carried it

People named Blumberg,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Christian Blumberg
    Christian Blumberg 1664–1735 · historian
  • Donald F. Blumberg d. 2004 · consultant
  • Paul Blumberg 1636–1700 · jurist
  • Gustav Blumberg 1834–1892 · pedagogue
  • Paul Blumberg 1840–1893 · physician
  • Konstantin Blumberg 1850–1897 · veterinarian

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Blumberg,
in the records of 6 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States1,772 records

1,772 records of the Blumberg name in the United States
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 888
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 393
  • Other U.S. records 491
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Wilmer C. Blumberg

    Born 1915 in Utah. Enlisted 1943 at Los Angeles, California; garage worker. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1993, buried at Riverside National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Abel Blumberg

    Arrived at New York in 1907 aboard the Pennsylvania from Hamburg, aged 22; baker. From Bialystok, Russia; bound for New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Max Blumberg

    Veteran of the Spanish–American War. Born 1866, died 1947; buried at Los Angeles National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 1,772 records for Blumberg in the United States.

Counts: NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · New York State, Open NY (police and firefighter memorial rolls) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Germany263 records

263 records of the Blumberg name in Germany
  • Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919 261
  • German emigration and citizenship files 2
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Heinrich Blumberg

    From Dessau. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 22 May 1918; then reported missing in the list of 16 January 1919 (Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 27).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  2. The first page of an emigration file from Gündlingen, Baden, 1883
    Example: German emigration file, 1883
    Emigration record August Blumberg

    Emigrated to North America in 1885.

    Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek / Brandenburgisches Landeshauptarchiv (CC0)
  3. The first page of an emigration file from Gündlingen, Baden, 1883
    Example: German emigration file, 1883
    Emigration record Johann August Blumberg

    Emigrated to America in 1849.

    Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek / Brandenburgisches Landeshauptarchiv (CC0)

Showing 3 of 263 records for Blumberg in Germany.

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0) · Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0); Emigration file, Gündlingen, 1883, Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Staatsarchiv Freiburg B 694/1 Nr. 1389 (CC BY 4.0).

Australia39 records

39 records of the Blumberg name in Australia
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 30
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 7
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 2
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Samull Blumberg

    Arrived in Queensland in 1890 aboard the Merkara, aged 11.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Israel Blumberg

    Hawker of Coleraine, Victoria; died 1881.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Aaron Blumberg

    Arrived in Victoria in 1889 aboard the Habsburg, aged 32.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 39 records for Blumberg in Australia.

Counts: Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

Netherlands29 records

29 records of the Blumberg name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch population registers 24
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 4
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 1
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Elise Margarete Albertine Blumberg

    Married in 1934 in 's-Gravenhage; domestic servant.

    Open Archives, Haags Gemeentearchief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Louis Blumberg

    Died 1863 in Rotterdam, aged 52.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Rotterdam (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Antonia Blumberg

    In the population register of Nijmegen; "leerlinge", born 1860 in Ibbenburen.

    Open Archives, Regionaal Archief Nijmegen (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 29 records for Blumberg in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

France18 records

18 records of the Blumberg name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Henri Celestin Edouard Blumberg

    Born 1905 in Voujeaucourt (Doubs); died 1971 in Lyon (Rhône).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Simonne Blumberg

    Born 1932 in Gennevilliers (Hauts-de-Seine); died 1993 in Paris.

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Roger Albert Maurice Blumberg

    Born 1917 in Voujeaucourt (Doubs); died 1977 in Bordeaux (Gironde).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 18 records for Blumberg in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Blumberg name in Canada Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Peter Blumberg

    Buried in 1987 at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.

Counts: City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

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