How common is the surname Bladen?

640 people in the United States had the surname Bladen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 482,415 Americans. It ranked 35,203rd of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Bladen getting more or less common?

Less common. 727 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 640 in 2010, down 12%.

The surname Bladen

A place surname, carried by 640 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B435

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bladen is more common than 78.3% of them.

Origin

Habitational surname, from the village of Bladon in Oxfordshire, or from the town of Blaydon in Tyne and Wear.

Bladen is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 640 people named Bladen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 482,415 Americans. That is down 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 727.

#35,203

rank among US surnames

640

people in 2010

0.2

per 100,000 Americans

-12%

change since 2000 (was #30,352)

Who is named Bladen

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

84% of people named Bladen identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 84%
Black (not Hispanic) 11%
Two or more races 2.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bladen

Bladen has the Soundex code B435, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B435.

Questions

Where does the surname Bladen come from?: Habitational surname, from the village of Bladon in Oxfordshire, or from the town of Blaydon in Tyne and Wear.
How common is the surname Bladen?: 640 people in the United States had the surname Bladen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 482,415 Americans. It ranked 35,203rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bladen?: In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Bladen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Black (not Hispanic).
What type of surname is Bladen?: Bladen is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Bladen getting more or less common?: Less common. 727 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 640 in 2010, down 12%.