Blevins

surname · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/ˈbɫɛvɪnz/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Blevins is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. In Lesotho it is the most common surname. Recorded meaning: Anglicized form of Welsh Bleddyn, with the addition of the suffix -s.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 8.7K(measured from records)
  • GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 11K
  • KPNorth Korea≈1 in 1.3K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

China (inferred from the name graph)

≈89,000 people, est.

Sources
415 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 1.3K (inferred from the name graph)

North Korea, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Anglicized form of Welsh Bleddyn, with the addition of the suffix -s.

Sources 2

  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • Wiktionary

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Blevins counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Blevins is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CN China—≈89,000 est.≈1 in 16K—Blevins8
US United States#84538,2291 in 8.7K38KBlevins415
KP North Korea#104≈20,000 est.≈1 in 1.3K—Blevins2
GB United Kingdom—≈5,800 est.≈1 in 11K—Blevins103
EG Egypt—≈2,900 est.≈1 in 36K—Blevins5
CU Cuba#448≈1,200 est.≈1 in 9.3K—Blevins3
LS Lesotho#1≈960 est.≈1 in 2K—Blevins2

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Blevins is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Blévins

  • French surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Burkina Faso, Gabon

    Also written Blévins

  • Polish surname10 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Poland, Czechia, Bulgaria

    Languages: Polish, Russian, Czech

    Also written Блевинс

42 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Blevins is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Irish, Of Welsh origin; found in Co. Tyrone

    as a nameThe Surnames of Ireland

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

190019502000Patsy Montana, b. 1908Leon Blevins, b. 1926Harry Blevins, b. 1935Frank Blevins, b. 1939Bret Blevins, b. 1960Jerry Blevins, b. 1983Bobby Blevins, b. 1985Nick Blevins, b. 1988Ninja, b. 1991Christopher Blevins, b. 1998

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Blevins,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 19 sources across 10 countries.

Official registers attesting Blevins
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010201038K#906
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000200037K#856
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020202036K#940
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 4

  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Blevins mean, and where does it come from?
Anglicized form of Welsh Bleddyn, with the addition of the suffix -s. Recorded by The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland and Wiktionary.
How do you pronounce Blevins?
A machine transcription gives /ˈbɫɛvɪnz/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Blevins have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 89 thousand people named Blevins in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled blevins.
How common is the name Blevins?
In the United States, the national register counted 38,229 people named Blevins in 2010, about 1 in 8.7 thousand residents.
How common is Blevins compared with other names?
In Lesotho, Blevins is the most common surname of 5,753 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Blevins” — the most common surname in Lesotho. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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