Blegen

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Norwegian Blegen, a variant of Bleiken.

Proper noun

Blegen (plural Blegens)

1. A surname from Norwegian.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Blegen is the 38754^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 570 individuals. Blegen is most common among White (97.72%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Blegen”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 172.