Explore the Family Name Blehm

The meaning of Blehm

German: variant or an altered form of Blöhm (see Blohm). This is one of the German surnames that became established in the Volga basin in Russia in the 19th century. Some characteristic forenames: German Erna, Frieda, Otto.

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How common is the last name Blehm in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Blehm experienced a slight decrease in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it ranked as the 31,884th most popular surname, but by 2010, it had slipped to the 33,894th position, marking a 6.3% decrease. The total count of people with the Blehm surname also fell slightly from 684 in 2000 to 671 in 2010, a drop of 1.9%. Consequently, the proportion of individuals with this surname per 100,000 people decreased by 8.0% over the same decade.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#31,884	#33,894	-6.3%
Count	684	671	-1.9%
Proportion per 100k	0.25	0.23	-8%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Blehm

When examining the ethnic identity associated with the Blehm surname, the census data shows that in both 2000 and 2010, the overwhelming majority identified as White, with a small decrease from 96.78% to 96.42%. There was a significant increase in those identifying as Hispanic, up 90.20% to 1.94% in 2010 from 1.02% in 2000. However, there were no individuals associating the Blehm surname with Black, American Indian and Alaskan Native identities in either census year. Data for Asian/Pacific Islander and those identifying with two or more races was suppressed for privacy reasons in 2010, after respectively making up 0.88% of the Blehm population in 2000.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.78%	96.42%	-0.37%
Hispanic	1.02%	1.94%	90.2%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.88%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0.88%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%