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

Blumke, 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 Blumke surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Blumke in America

Blumke is the 79598th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Blumke surname appeared 239 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 Blumke.

We can also compare 2010 data for Blumke 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 Blumke

The surname Blumke is of German origin, deriving from the Middle High German word "bluome" which means "flower" or "bloom." It is believed to have originated in the medieval period, possibly as an occupational name for a person who cultivated or sold flowers, or as a descriptive nickname for someone with a florid or rosy complexion.

The earliest recorded instances of the name can be found in various German regional records and chronicles from the 13th and 14th centuries, though the spelling variations include Blumke, Blomke, Blumchen, and Blümchen. One notable example is Johann Blumke, a merchant from Lübeck who is mentioned in a trade registry from 1387.

In the 15th century, the surname appears in several historical documents from the region of Saxony, such as the Registers of the Electorate of Saxony, which list several families with the name Blumke residing in various towns and villages. One such entry from 1492 records a Hans Blumke, a farmer from the village of Grossenhain.

As the surname spread across different regions of Germany, it often took on localized spellings and variations. In the 16th century, records from Bavaria mention a Peter Blümckhen, a baker who lived in Munich in the 1530s. Meanwhile, in the city of Cologne, a merchant named Konrad Blumke is recorded in the city's guild records from 1571.

One of the earliest notable individuals with the surname was Johann Blumke, a Lutheran theologian and scholar who was born in Pomerania in 1611. He served as a professor of theology at the University of Greifswald and published several works on biblical exegesis and polemics.

In the 18th century, the name appears in various records from the Kingdom of Prussia, including the birth records of Johann Friedrich Blumke, born in Königsberg in 1742, who later became a respected jurist and legal scholar.

Another prominent individual was Carl Gottlieb Blumke, a German botanist and naturalist born in Dresden in 1780. He made significant contributions to the study of plant taxonomy and authored several influential works on the flora of Saxony and surrounding regions.

Throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries, the Blumke surname continued to be found across various parts of Germany, as well as in areas with German immigrant communities, such as parts of the United States and Canada. Notable individuals from this period include the artist and illustrator Wilhelm Blumke (1829-1905), born in Berlin, and the American architect and designer William Blumke (1862-1934), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to German immigrant parents.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Blumke

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

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

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