How common is the surname Blain?

4,764 people in the United States had the surname Blain in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 64,808 Americans. It ranked 7,025th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Blain getting more or less common?

More common. 4,456 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,764 in 2010, up 6.9%.

Is Blain also a first name?

Yes. Blain is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Blain

A surname, carried by 4,764 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex B450 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Blain is more common than 95.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,764 people named Blain in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 64,808 Americans. That is up 6.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,456.

#7,025

rank among US surnames

4,764

people in 2010

1.6

per 100,000 Americans

+6.9%

change since 2000 (was #6,941)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,018	Melcher	4,772	64,699
#7,020	Zurita	4,770	64,727
#7,021	Treat	4,765	64,794
#7,025	Blain	4,764	64,808
#7,026	Kindred	4,763	64,822
#7,027	Fears	4,762	64,835

Who is named Blain

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

80% of people named Blain identified as white (not Hispanic), 13% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 80%
Black (not Hispanic) 13%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.4%
Two or more races 1.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Blain

Blain has the Soundex code B450, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B450.

Questions

How common is the surname Blain?: 4,764 people in the United States had the surname Blain in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 64,808 Americans. It ranked 7,025th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Blain?: In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Blain identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Blain getting more or less common?: More common. 4,456 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,764 in 2010, up 6.9%.
Is Blain also a first name?: Yes. Blain is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.