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    The surname Blaha

    A surname, carried by 3,204 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B400

    Blaha: #10,059 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Blaha #10,059, 3,204 people Blaha: #10,059 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Blaha #10,059, 3,204 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Blaha is more common than 93.8% of them.

    Origin

    From Czech Bláha.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,204 people named Blaha in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 96,363 Americans. That is up 3.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,085.

    #10,059
    rank among US surnames
    3,204
    people in 2010
    1.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.9%
    change since 2000 (was #9,668)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #10,050Dasher3,20596,332
    #10,059Wesolowski3,20496,363
    #10,064O'Brian3,20396,393
    #10,068Creager3,20296,423

    Who is named Blaha

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

    95% of people named Blaha identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • Two or more races 0.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Blahas

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • John E. Blaha
      American astronaut, born 1942
    • Constantin Blaha
      Austrian diver, born 1987

    Notable Blahas come mostly from the United States (1) and Austria (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Blaha

    Blaha has the Soundex code B400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B400.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Blaha come from?
    From Czech Bláha.
    How common is the surname Blaha?
    3,204 people in the United States had the surname Blaha in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 96,363 Americans. It ranked 10,059th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Blaha?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Blaha identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Blaha?
    John E. Blaha, American astronaut, followed by Constantin Blaha.
    Where is the surname Blaha most common?
    Wikidata records people named Blaha in the United States and Austria.
    Is the surname Blaha getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,085 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,204 in 2010, up 3.9%.