The Blume surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,826 people carried this name — #5,914 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 50,500 people counted. That is up 1% from 5,746 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 172 people named Blume 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 Formosa.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
135 people named Blume live in Switzerland.
They live in 11 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
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 54 people named Blume.
9 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 départements, most often Paris.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In the Nordic population registers
135 people named Blume 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
Blume in American newspapers,
1894–1895.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 46,720 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Blume,
with a public archive behind them.
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Johann Blume d. 1610 · student
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Peter Blume d. 1650 · military personnel
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Henrik Blume d. 1648 · stonemason
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Gert Blume d. 1664 · sculptor
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Johan Blume d. 1657
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J. H. F. Blume d. 1809
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Blume.
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