Blethen

English

Etymology

From the Anglicized form of the Welsh personal name Blethyn.

Proper noun

Blethen (plural Blethens)

1. A surname from Welsh.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Blethen is the 41426^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 525 individuals. Blethen is most common among White (95.62%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Blethen”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 173.