How common is the surname Blum?

17,458 people in the United States had the surname Blum in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 17,685 Americans. It ranked 2,072nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Blum?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Blum identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Blum?

Jason Blum, American film producer (born 1969), followed by Steve Blum.

Where is the surname Blum most common?

Wikidata records people named Blum in the United States, Austria and Brazil and 2 other countries.

Is the surname Blum getting more or less common?

More common. 17,262 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 17,458 in 2010, up 1.1%.

The surname Blum

A German surname, carried by 17,458 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex B450

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Blum is more common than 98.7% of them.

Origin

German origin

From the German surname, from Middle High German bluome (“flower”).

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 17,458 people named Blum in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 17,685 Americans. That is up 1.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 17,262.

#2,072

rank among US surnames

17,458

people in 2010

5.9

per 100,000 Americans

+1.1%

change since 2000 (was #1,913)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,063	Waldron	17,501	17,642
#2,065	Oakes	17,499	17,644
#2,066	Hanks	17,498	17,645
#2,067	Neumann	17,484	17,659
#2,069	Ashby	17,482	17,661
#2,070	Vernon	17,480	17,663
#2,071	Crowell	17,467	17,676

Who is named Blum

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

95% of people named Blum identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Blums

17 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jason Blum
American film producer (born 1969)
Steve Blum
American voice actor (born 1960)
Mark Blum
American actor (1950–2020)
William Blum
American author and historian (1933–2018)
Lenore Blum
American computer scientist and mathematician (1942-)
Rod Blum
American politician, born 1955
Josef Blum
Association footballer and coach (1898-1956)
Norma Blum
Brazilian actress, born 1939
Jonathon Blum
American ice hockey player, born 1989
Deborah Blum
American journalist, born 1954
Robert Frederick Blum
American artist (1857-1903)
Emerik Blum
Bosnian Jewish businessman and politician, 1911–1984

Notable Blums come mostly from the United States (13), Austria (1) and Brazil (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Blum

Blum has the Soundex code B450, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B450.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Blum come from?: From the German surname, from Middle High German bluome (“flower”).
How common is the surname Blum?: 17,458 people in the United States had the surname Blum in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 17,685 Americans. It ranked 2,072nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Blum?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Blum identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Blum?: Jason Blum, American film producer (born 1969), followed by Steve Blum.
Where is the surname Blum most common?: Wikidata records people named Blum in the United States, Austria and Brazil and 2 other countries.
Is the surname Blum getting more or less common?: More common. 17,262 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 17,458 in 2010, up 1.1%.