Blais Family

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About the Blais surname

The surname Blais is associated with a patronymic formation. Blais is a surname form derived from the given name Blaise. A patronymic formation of this kind shows how an older personal name could develop into a family name. Different families could independently adopt a surname formed from the same given name.

Pronunciation: Blè/blɛ/

Most frequent given names among the Blais family

Men

  1. 1Joseph10,041
  2. 2Pierre7,587
  3. 3Jean-Baptiste5,513
  4. 4Louis5,055
  5. 5François3,611

Women

  1. 1Marie6,361
  2. 2Marguerite4,312
  3. 3Marie-Anne3,212
  4. 4Françoise2,461
  5. 5Louise2,367
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The Blais name in our genealogy archives

323,329occurrences in our collections
10collections containing this name
3,042 3,7151881 → 1901people enumerated
1669First mention of the name
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