How common is the surname Blaisdell?

3,852 people in the United States had the surname Blaisdell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 80,152 Americans. It ranked 8,551st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Blaisdell?

William Blaisdell, American actor (1865-1931).

Where is the surname Blaisdell most common?

Wikidata records people named Blaisdell in the United States.

Is the surname Blaisdell getting more or less common?

Less common. 3,859 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,852 in 2010, down 0.2%.

The surname Blaisdell

A Norse place surname, carried by 3,852 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B423

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Blaisdell is more common than 94.7% of them.

Origin

Norse origin

Habitational surname from a minor place in Cumbria, from the Old Norse personal name Blesi, a byname from blesi (“blaze, white spot”), + dalr (“valley”).

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

One of 126 Norse surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,852 people named Blaisdell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 80,152 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 3,859.

#8,551

rank among US surnames

3,852

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

-0.2%

change since 2000 (was #7,954)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,547	Winner	3,853	80,131
#8,551	Riehl	3,852	80,152
#8,556	Gress	3,850	80,194
#8,558	Lafave	3,849	80,214
#8,559	Defelice	3,848	80,235

Who is named Blaisdell

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

93% of people named Blaisdell identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as two or more races and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Two or more races 2.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Blaisdells

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

William Blaisdell
American actor (1865-1931)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Blasdell
Blazdell

Blaisdell has the Soundex code B423, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B423.

Other Norse surnames

All 126 Norse surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Blaisdell come from?: Habitational surname from a minor place in Cumbria, from the Old Norse personal name Blesi, a byname from blesi (“blaze, white spot”), + dalr (“valley”).
How common is the surname Blaisdell?: 3,852 people in the United States had the surname Blaisdell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 80,152 Americans. It ranked 8,551st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Blaisdell?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Blaisdell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as two or more races.
Who is the most famous person named Blaisdell?: William Blaisdell, American actor (1865-1931).
Where is the surname Blaisdell most common?: Wikidata records people named Blaisdell in the United States.
What type of surname is Blaisdell?: Blaisdell is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Blaisdell getting more or less common?: Less common. 3,859 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,852 in 2010, down 0.2%.
What are other spellings of Blaisdell?: Blasdell and Blazdell.