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

Blumenschein, 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 Blumenschein surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Blumenschein in America

Blumenschein is the 57639th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Blumenschein surname appeared 353 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 Blumenschein.

We can also compare 2010 data for Blumenschein 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 Blumenschein

The surname "BLUMENSCHEIN" originated in Germany, with its earliest recorded instances dating back to the 16th century. The name is derived from the German words "blume," meaning "flower," and "schein," meaning "shine" or "glow." It is believed that the name was initially given as a descriptive surname to individuals who lived near or owned land with fields of blooming flowers.

One of the earliest recorded references to the name "BLUMENSCHEIN" can be found in the records of the town of Marburg, located in the state of Hesse, Germany, where a family by that name is mentioned in the late 1500s. The name was also present in the neighboring regions of Bavaria and Saxony during the same time period.

In the 17th century, the name "BLUMENSCHEIN" appeared in various official documents and records across different parts of Germany. For instance, a Johann Blumenschein was listed as a landholder in the village of Wiesbaden in 1623. Additionally, the name was recorded in the baptismal records of the city of Mainz in 1678, where a child named Anna Blumenschein was born.

As the centuries passed, individuals bearing the surname "BLUMENSCHEIN" migrated to other parts of Europe and eventually to other continents. One notable figure was the German-American artist and sculptor Ernst Blumenschein, who was born in 1872 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and passed away in 1960. He was a prominent member of the Taos Society of Artists and is renowned for his depictions of Native American life and the landscapes of the American Southwest.

Another individual worth mentioning is the German theologian and philosopher Andreas Blumenschein, who lived from 1625 to 1684. He was a prominent figure in the Lutheran church and served as a professor of theology at the University of Wittenberg.

The name "BLUMENSCHEIN" has also been associated with various place names throughout Germany. For example, the village of Blumenschein existed in the state of Saxony until it was merged with another town in the 20th century.

Other notable individuals with the surname "BLUMENSCHEIN" include the German painter and printmaker Georg Blumenschein (1777-1846), the German composer and organist Johann Daniel Blumenschein (1723-1802), and the German architect and civil engineer Karl Blumenschein (1828-1896), who was involved in the construction of several notable buildings in Berlin.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Blumenschein

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

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

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