Blom is a surname of
Scandinavian,
German and
Dutch origin. Blom is a Swedish, Danish, Norwegian and Afrikaans term for bloom or flower. In Dutch it is a variant of
bloem meaning flour or flower.[1]
Geographical distribution
As of 2014, 30.3% of all known bearers of the surname Blom were residents of
South Africa (frequency 1:3,229), 29.6% of the
Netherlands (1:1,035), 16.4% of
Sweden (1:1,092), 7.7% of the
United States (1:84,662), 3.0% of
Denmark (1:3,404), 2.2% of
Finland (1:4,588), 2.1% of
Norway (1:4,433), 1.7% of
Germany (1:88,260), 1.3% of
Australia (1:33,484) and 1.2% of
Canada (1:54,355).
In
Sweden, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:1,092) in the following counties:
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surnameBlom. If an
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Blom is a surname of
Scandinavian,
German and
Dutch origin. Blom is a Swedish, Danish, Norwegian and Afrikaans term for bloom or flower. In Dutch it is a variant of
bloem meaning flour or flower.[1]
Geographical distribution
As of 2014, 30.3% of all known bearers of the surname Blom were residents of
South Africa (frequency 1:3,229), 29.6% of the
Netherlands (1:1,035), 16.4% of
Sweden (1:1,092), 7.7% of the
United States (1:84,662), 3.0% of
Denmark (1:3,404), 2.2% of
Finland (1:4,588), 2.1% of
Norway (1:4,433), 1.7% of
Germany (1:88,260), 1.3% of
Australia (1:33,484) and 1.2% of
Canada (1:54,355).
In
Sweden, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:1,092) in the following counties:
This page lists people with the
surnameBlom. If an
internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that
link by adding the person's
given name(s) to the link.