# Blyth (surname)

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

A surname from Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 907 |
| US rank (2010) | 26,814 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 340,403 people |
| Change since 2000 | -0.2% (909 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /blaɪð/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Old English blīþe. The surname derives partly from the place names, partly from a nickname.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Blyth 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) | 97% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 0.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 0.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Blyth in the United States.

## People named Blyth

- Ann Blyth, American actress (1927–2026)

## Similar surnames

Blythe, Belt, Bolt, Blood, Boldt, Bilodeau, Blatt, Billiot, Bolte, Blade, Balliet, Belote.

## 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.