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

Blaufuss, 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 Blaufuss surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Blaufuss in America

Blaufuss is the 68547th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Blaufuss surname appeared 287 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 Blaufuss.

We can also compare 2010 data for Blaufuss 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 Blaufuss

The surname Blaufuss originates from Germany, likely emerging in the 14th or 15th century. It is a compound word derived from the German words "blau" meaning blue and "fuss" meaning foot. The name may have referred to someone who had blue-colored feet, or perhaps it was an occupational name for a dyer of blue fabrics.

One of the earliest known records of the Blaufuss name dates back to 1427 in the town of Nürnberg, where a certain Hans Blaufuss was mentioned in a municipal register. In the 16th century, the name appears in various church records and tax rolls across southern Germany, particularly in the regions of Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg.

During the 17th and 18th centuries, several bearers of the Blaufuss name left Germany and migrated to other parts of Europe and the Americas. Johann Blaufuss, born in 1687 in Hessen, was among the early German settlers in Pennsylvania in the 1730s. Another notable figure was Wilhelm Blaufuss (1776-1842), a German composer and organist who served at the court of King Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia.

In the 19th century, the Blaufuss surname continued to spread across Europe and the New World. Karl Blaufuss (1814-1891) was a German-born painter and lithographer who worked in Paris and contributed illustrations to various publications. Ernst Blaufuss (1856-1929) was a German architect known for designing several notable buildings in Berlin, including the Sachsenhausen Memorial.

One of the most famous bearers of the Blaufuss name was the German philosopher and social theorist Ludwig Blaufuss (1873-1946), who taught at the University of Heidelberg and wrote extensively on ethics, epistemology, and social philosophy. His works had a significant influence on the development of modern German thought.

While the Blaufuss surname may have originated as a descriptive name or occupational moniker, it has since become a well-established and widespread surname found across Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and various parts of the world where German immigrants settled over the centuries.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Blaufuss

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

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 Blaufuss 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 Blaufuss 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 Blaufuss was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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