How common is the surname Bianchi?

8,284 people in the United States had the surname Bianchi in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 37,270 Americans. It ranked 4,293rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Bianchi?

In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Bianchi identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Bianchi?

Lucien Bianchi, Belgian racing driver (1934-1969), followed by Kenneth Bianchi.

Where is the surname Bianchi most common?

Wikidata records people named Bianchi in the United States, Argentina and the Kingdom of Italy and 3 other countries.

Is the surname Bianchi getting more or less common?

More common. 7,928 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,284 in 2010, up 4.5%.

The surname Bianchi

An Italian surname, carried by 8,284 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex B520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bianchi is more common than 97.4% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

Borrowed from Italian Bianchi.

One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,284 people named Bianchi in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 37,270 Americans. That is up 4.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,928.

#4,293

rank among US surnames

8,284

people in 2010

2.8

per 100,000 Americans

+4.5%

change since 2000 (was #4,134)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,289	Galan	8,293	37,230
#4,291	Nickel	8,292	37,234
#4,292	Pinkston	8,291	37,239
#4,293	Bianchi	8,284	37,270

Who is named Bianchi

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

90% of people named Bianchi identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 8.4%
Two or more races 0.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Bianchis

11 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Lucien Bianchi
Belgian racing driver (1934-1969)
Kenneth Bianchi
American serial killer, born 1951
Frederick Bianchi, Duke of Casalanza
Austrian general (1768-1855)
Al Bianchi
American basketball player, coach, executive (1932–2019)
Mauro Bianchi
Belgian racecar driver, born 1937
Julia Bianchi
Brazilian association football player, born 1997
Tino Bianchi
Actor (1905–1996)
Tom Bianchi
American photographer, born 1945
Carlos Bianchi
Argentinian athletics competitor (1910–1935)
Gilda
Argentine singer and songwriter (1961–1996)
Laura Nyro
American singer and songwriter (1947–1997)

Notable Bianchis come mostly from the United States (4), Argentina (2) and the Kingdom of Italy (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bianchi

Bianchi has the Soundex code B520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B520.

Other Italian surnames

All 798 Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Bianchi come from?: Borrowed from Italian Bianchi.
How common is the surname Bianchi?: 8,284 people in the United States had the surname Bianchi in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 37,270 Americans. It ranked 4,293rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bianchi?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Bianchi identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Bianchi?: Lucien Bianchi, Belgian racing driver (1934-1969), followed by Kenneth Bianchi.
Where is the surname Bianchi most common?: Wikidata records people named Bianchi in the United States, Argentina and the Kingdom of Italy and 3 other countries.
Is the surname Bianchi getting more or less common?: More common. 7,928 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,284 in 2010, up 4.5%.