Blythe is an English surname.
Geographical distribution As of 2014, 58.1% of all known bearers of the surname Blythe were residents of the United States (frequency 1:32,907), 24.0% of England (1:12,271), 6.1% of Australia (1:20,745), 3.3% of Canada (1:58,971), 2.4% of Jamaica (1:6,454), 1.3% of Scotland (1:21,333) and 1.1% of New Zealand (1:22,751).
In England, the frequency of the surname was higher than average (1:12,271) in the following counties: Cumbria (1:4,362) Tyne and Wear (1:4,908) Cheshire (1:5,072) Northumberland (1:5,876) North Yorkshire (1:6,261) County Durham (1:6,465) Lincolnshire (1:6,820) Nottinghamshire (1:7,757) Norfolk (1:8,388) East Riding of Yorkshire (1:8,392) South Yorkshire (1:8,427) Kent (1:8,515) Rutland (1:9,486) West Yorkshire (1:9,976) Merseyside (1:10,365) Gloucestershire (1:10,496) Cambridgeshire (1:10,878) East Sussex (1:11,379) Leicestershire (1:11,489) Warwickshire (1:11,826) Hertfordshire (1:11,831)
In the United States, the frequency of the surname was higher than average (1:32,907) in the following states:Blythe surname distribution Kentucky (1:8,270) North Carolina (1:11,002) Delaware (1:14,597) Iowa (1:15,010) Indiana (1:16,313) Alabama (1:17,446) Virginia (1:18,318) Arkansas (1:19,473) Kansas (1:20,879) Mississippi (1:21,264) Oregon (1:21,994) Montana (1:22,653) Ohio (1:23,491) Oklahoma (1:24,570) Tennessee (1:24,973) Nebraska (1:25,468) Georgia (1:27,862) Texas (1:29,336) New Mexico (1:30,514) Illinois (1:31,751)
People Adam Blythe (born 1989), British road cyclist Arthur Blythe (1940–2017), American jazz alto saxophonist and composer Benedict Blythe (2016–2021), British child, namesake of Benedict's Law Betty Blythe (1893–1972), American actress Bill Clinton (William Blythe, born 1946), 42nd American president Colin Blythe (1879–1917), English cricketer Daniel Blythe (born 1969), British author Domini Blythe (1947–2010), British-born Canadian actress Ernest Blythe (1889–1975), Irish politician Geoffrey Blythe (died c. 1530), Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry Geoffrey Blythe (divine) (died 1542), English clergyman Janus Blythe (born 1951), American actress Jimmy Blythe (1901–1931), American jazz and boogie woogie pianist John Blythe (disambiguation), several people Mabel Blythe (1930–2004), Sri Lankan actress and singer Matty Blythe, English rugby league player Nils Blythe (born 1956), British journalist and Director of Communications at the Bank of England Peter Blythe (1934–2004), British character actor Randy Blythe (born 1971), vocalist of American heavy metal band Lamb of God and side-project band Halo of Locusts Robert Blythe (actor), Welsh actor Ronald Blythe (1922–2023), British writer and editor Samuel George Blythe (1868–1947), American writer and newspaperman Stephanie Blythe (born 1970), American mezzo-soprano opera singer Thomas Henry Blythe (1822–1883), American entrepreneur, pioneer of irrigation in the Colorado River valley. Blythe, California is named after him. Wilfred Lawson Blythe (1896–1975), British colonial administrator. William Blythe (disambiguation), multiple people with the name
Fictional characters: Gilbert Blythe, fictional character in Lucy Maud Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables novel series
See also Blythe (disambiguation) Blyth (surname) Albert Blithe (1923–1967), career soldier in the United States Army
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