Find out how popular the last name Blaauw is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Blaauw.

Blaauw, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Blaauw surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Blaauw in America

Blaauw is the 85659th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Blaauw surname appeared 218 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Blaauw.

We can also compare 2010 data for Blaauw to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Blaauw

The surname Blaauw is of Dutch origin, originating in the Netherlands. It is derived from the Middle Dutch word "blau" or "blauw", meaning "blue". This surname likely emerged during the Middle Ages, around the 12th to 15th centuries, as a descriptive nickname or occupation-based surname for someone who dyed fabrics blue or who had a distinctive blue shade of clothing or hair.

The earliest recorded instances of the surname Blaauw can be traced back to historical records and documents in the Netherlands from the 16th century onwards. In 1567, a record mentions a Pieter Blaauw from Amsterdam. Another early reference is found in the 1623 marriage record of Gerrit Blaauw and Maycken Pieters in Leiden.

During the 17th century, the surname Blaauw became more widespread across the Netherlands, particularly in the provinces of North Holland, South Holland, and Utrecht. Historical records from this period include notable individuals such as Cornelis Blaauw (1652-1706), a Dutch Golden Age painter from Amsterdam known for his still-life paintings.

As the Dutch Empire expanded its colonial territories in the 17th and 18th centuries, the surname Blaauw also spread to other parts of the world. One notable figure was Adriaan Blaauw (1734-1796), a Dutch colonial administrator and Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (modern-day Indonesia) from 1789 to 1796.

In the 19th century, the Blaauw family established itself as a prominent Dutch noble family. Willem Anne Blaauw (1782-1855) was a Dutch politician and nobleman who served as the Governor of South Holland from 1829 to 1855. His son, Willem Hendrik Blaauw (1810-1897), was a renowned Dutch ornithologist and naturalist.

Other notable individuals with the surname Blaauw include Johannes Theodorus Blaauw (1855-1940), a Dutch politician and member of the House of Representatives, and Gerrit Blaauw (1924-2011), a Dutch physicist and academic who made significant contributions to the field of solid-state physics.

While the surname Blaauw has Dutch roots, it has also been adopted and integrated into various other cultures and languages over time, with slight variations in spelling and pronunciation.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Blaauw

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Blaauw.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Blaauw was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Blaauw has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Blaauw was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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