Blum Family History
Blum Name Meaning
German: from Middle High German bluom ‘flower’, hence an
occupational name for a flower gardener or a florist.Jewish
(Ashkenazic): ornamental name from German Blume, Yiddish
blum ‘flower’.Swedish: variant of Blom 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Blum Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Blum families
 406 - 809  136 - 405 |
 1 - 135  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Blum families
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20 - 38 7 - 19 |
1 - 6 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Blum families
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2 - 1 2 - 1 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Blum Family Origin
Blum Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Blum
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Blum Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Blum census records
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