# Blea (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/blea/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,921 |
| US rank (2010) | 15,284 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 160,721 people |
| Change since 2000 | +15% (1,674 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As an English surname, variant of Blighe. Compare Blee. * As a Galician surname, variant of Brea.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Blea in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 23% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 73% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.1% |

## Similar surnames

Bailey, Blue, Beal, Ballew, Blau, Bella, Bale, Bala, Bayley, Bellah, Bley, Bleau.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.