How common is the surname Blais?

5,718 people in the United States had the surname Blais in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 53,995 Americans. It ranked 6,017th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Blais?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Blais identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Blais getting more or less common?

More common. 5,463 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,718 in 2010, up 4.7%.

The surname Blais

A French surname, carried by 5,718 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex B420

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Blais is more common than 96.3% of them.

Origin

French origin

From French Blais.

One of 791 French surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,718 people named Blais in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 53,995 Americans. That is up 4.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,463.

#6,017

rank among US surnames

5,718

people in 2010

1.9

per 100,000 Americans

+4.7%

change since 2000 (was #5,798)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,011	Walston	5,721	53,967
#6,012	Voorhees	5,720	53,976
#6,015	Scheer	5,719	53,986
#6,017	Nabors	5,718	53,995
#6,019	Bayne	5,716	54,014

Who is named Blais

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

96% of people named Blais identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Blais

Blais has the Soundex code B420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B420.

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Blais come from?: From French Blais.
How common is the surname Blais?: 5,718 people in the United States had the surname Blais in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 53,995 Americans. It ranked 6,017th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Blais?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Blais identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Blais getting more or less common?: More common. 5,463 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,718 in 2010, up 4.7%.